Some flowers are too meaningful to throw away. A wedding bouquet. The first flower someone gave you. A bloom from a garden that belonged to someone you loved. Preserving flowers in resin lets you keep their colour and shape for years — not as a fading bouquet in a vase, but as a solid piece of art you can hold.
Here's how the process actually works, from a fresh flower to a finished keepsake.
1. Choosing and preparing the flowers
Not every flower behaves the same way in resin. The best results come from blooms that are healthy and not yet wilting. We look at the petals, the colour and the structure, and decide how each flower will sit inside the piece. Fresh is always better — the fresher the flower when preservation begins, the truer its colour stays.
2. Drying — the most important step
This is where patience matters most. Flowers are mostly water, and any moisture left inside will cloud the resin or cause the petals to brown over time. We dry each flower slowly and gently — pressing or air-drying depending on the bloom — until every trace of moisture is gone. Rushing this stage is the single most common reason home resin projects fail.
3. Arranging the design
Once dried, the flowers are arranged inside the mould. This is the creative heart of the craft: deciding how petals fall, where the light will catch, whether to add gold leaf, pearls, a name or a date. Every arrangement is one of a kind, because every flower is.
4. Pouring the resin
Resin is poured in thin, careful layers rather than all at once. Layering keeps the flowers suspended exactly where we want them and prevents bubbles. Each layer needs time to cure before the next is added — which is why a single piece can take days, not hours.
5. Curing
After the final pour, the piece cures fully so the resin reaches its clear, hard, glass-like finish. This step can't be hurried either.
6. Finishing by hand
Finally, each piece is sanded, polished and detailed until the surface is smooth and the flowers seem to glow from within. This hand-finishing is what separates a keepsake from a craft-fair trinket.
How long does the whole process take?
From start to finish, preserving flowers in resin usually takes one to three weeks, depending on the design and how long the flowers need to dry. Wedding bouquets often take longer, because there are more blooms to prepare.
Can any flower be preserved?
Most can, with the right preparation. Delicate, thin-petalled flowers and very fresh blooms preserve beautifully. If you're not sure about your specific flowers, send us a photo and we'll tell you honestly what's possible.
Keep the flowers that mattered
A preserved flower isn't really about the flower. It's about the day, the person, the moment it came from. If you have blooms you can't bear to let fade, message Resin Gallery by Suu on WhatsApp — we'll help you turn them into something you can keep for years.
