It went horribly wrong.
Now that I have experimented and solidified my crystal growing techniques, I thought that I would return to the scene that I began at.
I experimented with two types of fresh flowers from the same bouquet.
For the yellow flower, I used string to tie it to a stone and allowed the entire piece to sit in a borax solution for 24 hours. The flower solidified into a completely solid block of crystal, as did the stem and stone. The flower must have begun to dip with the weight of the crystal, because the flowers' crystals were actually attached to the crystals on the stone.
The crystals were strong, sharp, strongly geometric and solid.
For the rose, I attached it to a small quartz point in order to weigh it down.
And let it soak. I made sure that the alum powder sunk between and on top of the petals, because that is where I wanted the crystals to grow.
72 hours later:
Whilst still underwater and floating. Backlit.
Water drained.
The rose was surprisingly solid and did not immediately fall apart. The crystals had began to grow on the inside, which gave it extra stability.
Above are some images taken with a macro lens. The individual alum crystals had masses of personality and depth. The fact that they are mostly clear and completely colourless allowed the vivid pink to shine brightly through them.
Crystals also began to grow on the crystal itself.
Also the rope holding the crystal and rose together.
Above is a very minute experiment on a strange green flower that was a part of the bouquet. It was delicate, and so were the crystals, which conjured an interesting result, regardless of how small it was.
This was just a small series of experiments with very little influence to the direction of my project.
Regardless, I am glad that I did them.
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