Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #3 valentine's gift ) She certainly looks like

) She certainly looks like a crowned queen

The use of a dark stain for a couple of long

It just pops

though very sad that this wonderful yellow airplane should go up in flames

and human performers--all fantastic

Victorian Dried Seaweed Pressing, Isle of Wight, #3 valentine's gift ) She certainly looks likeThis is one of a handful of small seaweed pressings I purchased together, which I think are just exquisitely beautiful! A few of them, like this one, are signed and dated at bottom, others initialed on , so they represent the work of a few different people, most likely young women, among whom seaweed collecting and pressing was quite the thing during the Victorian era. I love the fact that making these represented not just a burgeoning interest in the