Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Create a flat base to glue small florets securely
- 26 July 2011
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If you try to glue tiny items, such as the Echeveria florets and leaves, on to a wire loop you might find that not all the surfaces make full contact. Your design will not be secure and wobble or fall from the wire.
Make a small loop the size of your ring to create a flat surface to glue your tiny plant material on. I used Kyogi paper.
The Kyogi paper ring also looks quite nice but will not survive being worn. Snip around the design to remove the plant material as a unit. Glue on to the ring.
Kyogi paper was historically used in Japan to wrap food – all natural, keeps the food from drying out, adds a subtle flavour and it can be composted to return to the crop-soil-cycle! It is pine (or cedar) wood that is shaved so thin it’s almost transparent. It can be wrapped, rolled, cut, stained, torn and easily glued.
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