Crystallizing Grasses and Ferns

Ingredients

• 1 pound of alum
• 1 gallon of water

Directions

1. Boil the water and dissolve the alum in it.

2. Cool the solution.

3. Tie the grass in small bundles.

4. Pour the alum solution into a glazed jar or basin.

5. Suspend the bundles across the jar using sticks so they hang down in the solution.

6. Let it sit undisturbed for a whole night.

7. Once coated, remove the grasses and hang them up to drain and dry.