There is a wonderful exhibition on botanical illustration on view at the Sam Jose University Library. They have samples of pressed flowers and a fantastically beautiful book on succulents which I am trying to aquire. 

 I was able to cast my flower in a first round of t...

I'm finally able to get back to casting after almost a year of being out of the lab. Now that I have found a great source for Gomphrena Globosa (Globe Amaranth) from a wonderful farm in Washington called LoveJoy Farms.

Somehow I was able to get 100 pounds of investment...