What leaves does veins bookmarks use?

Veins bookmarks can use osmanthus leaves, heather leaves, papaya leaves, tea leaves, magnolia leaves and so on. The leaves of evergreen woody plants are more suitable. Veins bookmarks wants to remove all the epidermis and mesophyll tissues of leaves, leaving only bookmarks made of veins. Choose leaves with flexible texture, and be careful not to damage the veins when washing them.

How to make texture bookmarks.

Veins bookmarks was made in late summer or late autumn, when the leaves were fully mature and began to age. Select appropriate leaves, put them in 10% sodium hydroxide solution to boil them, and gently turn them with a glass rod or tweezers to prevent the leaves from overlapping and heat them evenly. Pay attention to safety when using sodium hydroxide, and don't hold it with your hands.

Wash the boiled leaves with clear water, lay them flat on a piece of glass, gently brush off the rotten mesophyll on both sides of the leaves along the vein direction with a small tube brush or a soft-haired old toothbrush, then soak the veins in hydrogen peroxide for 24 hours to bleach, and finally dry them.