Making Flowers

Making Flowers

At the 2016 Philadelphia Miniaturia Show I took a flower-making class which taught me to have great respect for the way artisans price their work. After 8 hours hunched over I came away with one stalk of hollyhocks and a few daisies.

Since then I have been doing lots of research online  Some of my favorites are:

Tutorials:

Hostas

http://weloveminiatures.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Hosta-Great-Expectations.pdf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BX4ZlSI2LRI&feature=youtu.be

I made these and added flowers made from disassembled polymer foxgloves:

Nasturtium 

http://miniaturowyblog.blogspot.ca/2013/06/nasturcja.html

I cheated on these. I had a bunch of tiny vintage leaves and used them instead of making my own. 

Clematis 

http://www.greenleafdollhouses.com/dollhouse_news/JUL2009/miniature-clematis-vine.html

https://www.scribd.com/document/32363428/AIM-Mag-Issue-24-June-July-2010  (Page 95)

Wisteria

http://cositasdecarmen.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/ESCENA%20GLICINIA

Morning Glory

https://www.thespruce.com/make-realistic-miniature-morning-glory-vines-2365681

Lavender

https://www.scribd.com/document/105737480/AIM-Issue-43-Sept-2012 (Page 22)

Japanese Maple

http://debbiestinytreasures.blogspot.ca/search?updated-max=2014-11-12T16:50:00Z&max-results=7&start=16&by-date=false (Scroll to bottom)

Hens and Chicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOIFLFl74mU

Garden Ideas and How To's

http://studioeminiatures.blogspot.com/2014/10/more-color.html

I bought a bunch of polymer clay flowers on ebay:

Some I left intact but added more realistic leaves (like the foxgloves and day lilies) 

and some I disassembled and used to make my own flowers (like the delphinium).