Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Skeleton leaf bowl
- 12 November 2014
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For detailed intruction on how I skeletonize leaves see the Tutorial below
Cover a bowl with cling wrap
Pour out wood glue into a bowl
Thin the glue with some warm water
For more details on how to unravel sisal string and how to stain the sisal see the Tutorials below
Soak the stained sisal in the glue mixture.
Spread the sisal thinly over the wrapped bowl.
Dip a skeleton leaf into the glue mixture.
Smooth the leaf to follow the contours of the bowl
Smooth on a second skeleton leaf slightly overlapping with the first
Smooth on the next leaf, again overlapping the first two
Keep adding glue soaked leaves. Make sure you smooth it down to adhere to the other leaves
Follow the curve of the bowl
When the bowl is completely covered smooth down the leaves and set aside to dry completely
Gently pull the cling wrap away from the bowl to remove the leaves
Remove the bowl
Peel away the cling wrap from the skeleton leaves
Lace fine skeleton leaf bowl ready to design with
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