Making flowers from cold porcelain

Cold porcelain is one of the most popular materials for sculpting various products. The flowers created from it look natural and very elegant, remaining persistent and absolutely safe at the stage of creation for the health of even small children.

Since cold porcelain is sold in stores, already being painted in various shades, to create a floral composition, it will be necessary to immediately think about its appearance and select the appropriate mass.

Cold porcelain itself can be purchased or home made from liquid oil and other components. In the second case, the following ingredients will be required:

• corn starch;
• baby oil, for example, Johnson's Baby brand;
• PVA glue;
• vinegar or lemon juice;
• as well as oily hand cream.

Glue and starch are the basis of the recipe, and therefore are acquired in the amount of 240 grams. The other components will need two tablespoons. The process of creating cold porcelain begins with the fact that all the ingredients are thoroughly mixed, and then removed for half a minute in the microwave. The container is removed, its contents are mixed until smooth, and then everything is again removed to the microwave. This algorithm it is necessary to repeat several times until the density of the mass begins to cause difficulties with its stirring.

The substance is laid out on a cutting board, previously coated with hand cream. The kneading process lasts until the material is elastic and soft. After this, you can proceed to the direct creation of flowers.

To sculpt a flower arrangement, you will also need to prepare a number of tools:

• disposable spoons;
• cookie cutters, for example, in the form of a drop;
• cutting board;
• knife;
• rolling pin;
• wire;
• insulating tape.

To complete the work, a basket and decorative grass from fabric or plastic are useful.

Cold porcelain flowers are great for beginners, as they are very easy to make by following simple instructions. To make roses you will need:

• cold porcelain red and green;
• wire;
• PVA glue;
• paper;
• leaf molds or even real petals;
• green ribbon
• wavy knife;
• scissors;
• tassel.

Plain paper is impregnated with glue and rolled into balls, and then glued to the wire. Red porcelain kneads in the palms spread with greasy cream. Having formed each petal, it must be glued to a paper ball. Typically, 11 to 15 petals for a lush rosette and about 7 petals for a standard are required.

Petals are made using molds. Again, first, cold porcelain is kneading in the hands, if necessary, rolled out with a rolling pin and cut out with molds. To create natural veins, just attach a real petal on top and hold it for a few seconds. The leaves are fixed on the stem by gluing. In order for the composition to completely freeze, it will take a day.

Step-by-step modeling of crocuses begins with the preparation of the necessary materials, including:

• cold porcelain of orange-yellow and violet flowers;
• drop shape for cookies;
• green electrical tape.

The violet mass flexes well in the hands, and then rolls out with a rolling pin, like dough, to a thin layer. Through the use of molds, the required number of drop-shaped petals is cut out. By the way, if such a form is absent, then for this purpose a piece of a tin can folded in the required manner is perfect. Using a plastic spoon, each petal is given a concave shape.

If you create a floral arrangement of 5 flowers, then each will require exactly 12 petals. The wire is cut into equal pieces, the size of which is about 25 centimeters. By wrapping each electrical tape, you can get beautiful stems. Orange or yellow porcelain will be used to create the center of the flower. It is also rolled into thin plates, after which it is cut into small triangles. Thanks to the incisions, each of them will be easy to roll into a tube and make pistils.

All the petals are fixed on the stalks in two rows, so that in each of them there are 6 pieces. In the middle is a pestle, previously coated with glue and boned in corn grains to obtain the pollen effect. Green porcelain is rolled and cut into the form of long leaves, each of which is fixed at the bottom of the stem. Typically, each crocus is made one pair of leaves. The resulting flowers are tied with a ribbon and neatly laid out in a basket decorated with artificial grass.

As a gift, a floral picture from cold porcelain is perfect. You can also make it according to the instructions, which greatly simplifies the whole process. To create a job can not do without:

• rolling pins;
• boards;
• scissors;
• foil;
• Toothpicks
• fat cream.

First of all, a red tint porcelain rolls up in a column, the diameter of which does not exceed a centimeter. It will become the basis for the petals, which are cut into even slices 2 centimeters long. To transform each piece, you must first roll it into a ball, and then make it triangular on the underside. After the figure is rolled with a rolling pin to the thickness required for the petal. Besides, it is worth using a piece of foil to create a natural effect.

A petal is placed in the crumpled foil, and is still processed once with a rolling pin. The middle of the poppy will be made of cold porcelain painted in green with the addition of a white tint. Future leaves and stems also change color with a mixture of green and a little red. The middle is made in the form of an elongated cylinder. The wire from one end is twisted into a loop and, being smeared with glue, is inserted into the box.

The upper part of the poppy center with the help of wavy scissors is slightly processed in a circular motion. A piece of black porcelain is rolled out with a thin plate and formed into a rectangle. Having created a fringe with a knife, you need to wrap it around a box to simulate stamens. Flower petals are fixed on the box with ordinary glue. It is better to arrange them in a checkerboard pattern two pieces opposite each other. The stem is created from wire and a thin plate of green-red porcelain.

Petals are formed from material of the same shade, which are additionally pressed by a toothpick to simulate veins. They stick to the stem in any order. Finally, all the elements are transformed into a picture. They are simply glued onto a blue cardboard with a durable glue, and after drying, they are cleaned into a frame. If desired, several natural wheat spikelets can be added to porcelain poppies.

Of course, the most interesting thing is when we do not just sculpt individual flowers, but combine them into unusual multi-colored compositions or use them to create accessories or decor items. For example, cold porcelain makes it possible to create a delicate and graceful rim with orchids. The list of required components in this case is quite common. To work, you will need:

• cold porcelain;
• multi-colored oil paints;
• acrylic red;
• red and green pastels;
• wire;
• PVA glue;
• miniature orchid mold;
• knives
• brushes;
• scissors;
• possibly a dumbbell.

Several fragments are cut from the wire, the length of which is 6 centimeters. A loop is formed from one end of the resulting pieces. A small piece of cold porcelain rolls into a ball, previously mixed with white paint. The resulting part must have 1 centimeter in diameter. A wire loop is dipped in glue, and then immersed in a white ball. This algorithm is repeated with other pieces of wire.

Pastel green shade slightly scraped with a regular knife. The resulting powder is collected with a dry brush and used to coat the base of the bud. Similarly, you should do with red pastel and paint the tops of the balls already. A new slice of cold porcelain mixed with green oil paint. The material is used to form the stem, so it will have to be carefully stretched over almost the entire wire, with the exception of the lower centimeter. Again, the algorithm repeats with all the blanks.

A large ball with a diameter of 2.5 centimeters is mixed with white and red oil paints to obtain a pale pink color. The material is used to form flower petals, each of which should have a height of 1.5 centimeters. Mold in this situation will help to imitate the texture of a real orchid. Having pressed the workpiece with a dumbbell, it will be possible to give it the necessary concavity. For one orchid flower, 5 petals are required, and first three copies are connected, and then two more are glued to them.

From the cold porcelain, combined with a rich red oil dye, the core of the orchid is formed. She also misses the dumbbell and is adjusted mechanically. The cores are located between the petals, after which two varieties of the resulting flowers are fixed on the rim itself. The stalks of the wire are wrapped around the structure itself. Red acrylic will allow you to color the sharp ends of the middle of the flowers and put dots on the petals themselves. The rim will dry within 24 hours.

Next, watch a video with a master class on making cold porcelain flowers.