Saturday 8 June 2013

A Pot of Wall Flowers by Marianne Cook

 
 
Today AIM member Marianne Cook tells us about her latest handmade miniature delight....
 
"One flower that I really love and have been wanting to make for ages is the wallflower and recently I devoted a while to working out a way to make one. It involved painting the tissue paper, punching out flower shapes and then adding shading to each individual blossom.
 
After that was complete, I had to make the tiny buds which cluster around the top of each stem. Each stem has leaves growing all the way up; these needed to be cut and punched from painted paper. Then the was a lot of wire and glue!
 
And finally, a micro tip pen to indicate the stamens in each flower head!
 
This is the finished result.... 

 
I'll leave you to decide if I managed to achieve the realistic effect aimed at!"
 
Marianne Cook
June 2013
 

2 comments:

  1. Do I have to use facebook and download now to get the full magazine page?
    This is different from the way it used to be. I prefer not to use Facebook.Is there any other way to view the magazine?

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    1. Hi,
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