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Old 01-28-2010, 01:03 PM   #14
Happy Monkey
I think this line's mostly filler.
 
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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce View Post
It could be scraped if the Chinar leaf only has coloration on the surface, or to a very shallow depth, and the center flesh in transparent.
My first approach to duplicating this would be to soak a dry leaf for a while, then very slowly scrape away the flesh. The veins stick out on the underside of the leaf, so they would remain.

Pressing it into a putty of some sort before scraping might help protect the veins as well.
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