Jan 28, 2010: Leaf Carving

[Happy Monkey]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

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.