The supply list is broken down by chapter in the workshop if you prefer to gather the supplies stage by stage

Papers

• Large selection of lightweight papers such as tissue, and dressmaking pattern paper, in neutral shades.

• Large piece of white paper / card to use as background when photographing plants.

• Baking paper

• A4 copier paper

• Sandpaper

• Stiff card

• Lightweight card

• Freezer paper - available here

• Scraps of ephemera such as handwritten letters, documents, botanical images

Fabric / thread / stitch

• Scraps of neutral coloured fabrics in different weights and textures

• Smooth lightweight fabric such as cotton A4 size

• Embroidery threads

• Cotton fabric in white or cream colour

• Needle and thread

• Scraps of cream/white silk - like this

Glues / paints / pastes

• Water-based household paint (the sort that you'd use for interior walls, called emulsion in the UK)

• Brown ink pad - such as this

• Brown oil pastel - available here

• Brown ink or watercolour paint. I used Koh-i-nor dye paints

• Acrylic paints

• Gold paint

• Fine liner pen in black or brown

• White gesso - this will work well

• Matte heavy gel medium - I used Liquitex - can be found here

• Crackle paste, I used Range Opaque Crackle - available here on amazon

• Texture paste (I used Daler and Rowney - available here)

• Vaseline

• White air dry clay - available here

• Sellotape

• ModPodge - available here

• Repositionable spray glue - available here

• Adhesive foam pad

Tools

• Iron

• Scissors

• Rolling pin

• Glue brush

• Paintbrush

• Fine detail paintbrush

• Spreader or palette knife - available here

• Ruler

• Warm air gun

• Smartphone or camera. I used an iPhone and made use of the basic photo editing filters

• Optional: software or app for photo editing to enable you to remove the backgrounds on photos, I use Canva

Other

• Tin or box (see video for guidance)

• Letter stamp blocks

• Selection of plants / seed heads. Watch the video (2.2) for guidance on what types to look for

• Diluted coffee

• White candle

• Cheese grater

• Dried pressed flowers, leaves or seeds

• String / cord / twine.

• Inkjet printer

• Piece of thick plastic or silicon matte to protect desk

• Letter stamp blocks

Optional

• Words cut out of a book

• Brown parcel paper

• Stencils

• Spoon