Making carnations from foamiran

Foamiran is a relatively new material in our country, which quickly gained popularity among needlewomen. From it you can make many different crafts that look original and realistic. In today's article, we will analyze in detail how to make beautiful cloves from this material.

Foamiran is a plastic and highly malleable material, which is convenient and simple to work with. Even novice craftsmen quickly adapt to the features of this product and make elegant crafts out of it. Currently, various products are created from foamiran. It can be spectacular detailed decorations, decorations, and even full-fledged solid compositions, with which it is possible to add additional bright accents to the interior.

Foamiran can have a very different color. Often, masters make high-quality toys, imitations of natural colors from colored foamiran.

Besides, the material has a soft, velvety surface that is nice to touch. Today, foamiran is found on sale, presented in the form of thin silky leaves. It is characterized by a slightly porous structure. The material in question is made from foamed rubber raw materials.

Due to this, foamiran has the following operational characteristics:

• possesses water-repellent properties;
• under the influence of high temperatures can take a variety of forms;
• can hold the form that the master gives it;
• neither heat nor cold affect the material.

Today on sale you can find foamiran Iranian or Chinese production. The latter is cheaper, but its quality is inferior to products from Iran.

Besides, handicrafts from Iranian matter acquire a more natural appearance, and they can be painted or tinted, if necessary.

In order to build beautiful and high-quality carnations from the material examined, the master will definitely need to prepare a number of important tools and devices. Let's analyze the list of necessary positions:

• need a quality Iranian foamiran with a thickness of not more than 1 mm: red, dark green, snow-white shades;
• adhesive composition in the tube-gun (it will be most convenient to use it);
• iron;
• sharp, high-quality scissors, as well as the so-called “uneven edge” (a thing is optional, but it is advisable to stock it);
• second glue;
• special wire used in floristry;
• foam balls with a diameter of 1.5 cm (you can independently make them from foil sheets);
• scarlet oil paints, brush;
• special teyp ribbon of dark green colors.

When you have prepared all the necessary components for making the decoration yourself, you can get down to business. If this is your first time creating an article from Iranian material, you should rely on a detailed master class with a description of each of the stages.

• First, it will be necessary to prepare a pattern of future clove petals. To do this, draw circles with a diameter of 5.5 cm, 5 cm, 4.5 cm, 3.3 cm. If you wish, you can make large patterns, especially if you want to make growth flowers in the future - it all depends on your wishes. Next, cut the circles of the right size as carefully as possible. Their number should correspond to the values ​​indicated on the sheet with patterns. Let's try to make flowers of red and white colors.

• Carefully and carefully process the edge with the help of special scissors called the “uneven edge”. If you don’t have such a tool in your arsenal, you can make the necessary surfaces using simple scissors, it just takes a little more free time. Take the white circles and paint their edge sections with scarlet paint using a bristle brush on 2 sides.

• Fold the circle into 2 halves. Incise. Before reaching the center of about 0.5 cm, cut the workpiece into 3 equal parts (still you should deviate from the center about half a centimeter). Further, each of the slices will need to be cut in 2 more places, departing from the edge no more than 0.7 cm. All the notches that you make on the circles should be pre-drawn on the pattern in order to prepare the elements more convenient. In a similar way, cut the largest circle, as well as the next one, which is smaller (we are talking about circles 5.5 and 5 cm.). Then it will be necessary to trim and small circles (3.3 cm.).

• When the necessary blanks are prepared for further work, they will need to be carefully heated on an iron. Fold the cut out elements, scroll them between your fingers several times. Scrolling does not need to be done with excessive zeal - act more carefully. You will only need to slightly “revive” the petals of the future crafts. The above method will require processing each of the petals of the future artificial decoration. Then on the iron you need to warm the leaves of cloves. Fold them along before they have time to cool.

As a result, you should get neat bent petals.

• Then heat one of the halves of the cup, and then make a small depression in it. Miniature stars (sub-stars) will only need to be warmed up, after which they themselves will take the shape they need. After that, all the details of the future design will be ready. You can proceed to the assembly of foamiran flower crafts.

We will deal with the step-by-step completion of the work, during which the master must correctly collect all the prepared flower elements.

• Round the tip of the special wire used in floristry. In this case, it is advisable to drip a little glue, and then attach the smallest part of the structure. Fix it as tightly and securely as possible so that the wire base is not noticeable and not covered. In the same way, you will need to glue all the remaining petals of the carnation. You will need to do this in accordance with the order of their increase. The result is neat flowers. If you initially wanted to get flat crafts from foamiran, then at this stage it is quite possible to stop.

• Find a suitable background and glue the resulting flat flower to it. If you plan to achieve a voluminous flower, take a foam ball, cut off the top from it using a clerical knife. You can prepare a similar piece of foil, and then crush its upper half. Glue the ball to the carnation, and then gently glue it using the cup.

• Following is the fixation of the sub-bowl. It is recommended to attach it with a second glue - it will be more reliable. Then wrap the base with a special tape. Do not forget to pick up the crafts during this stage.

On this, the process of independent production of beautiful cloves from foamiran can be considered completed. The result will surely please if you draw up a detailed outline of the future flower in advance and follow all the points of the instructions clearly.

Before you start making an attractive clove from an “obedient” foamiran, you should familiarize yourself with some useful tips from more experienced craftsmen.

• Making such a craft, the main thing is not to rush. Act carefully, carefully. Any errors and omissions will be clearly visible on the finished product.

• For cutting parts, use only sharp enough rather than blunt scissors - because of the latter, the product can turn out to be unattractive, having many shortcomings.

• The scheme of future cloves can be sketched independently, but can be found on the Internet.

• To give the foamiran the desired shape, you can use not only the iron, but also the flame of a lit candle. The main thing is to follow safety precautions and exercise caution.

• If you are processing workpieces with an iron, it is advisable to choose the silk-wool mode.

• When assembling the structure, do not pour too much glue - it will be unnecessarily manifested in the craft and risks spoiling its appearance.

Consider several attractive examples of carnations made from velvety foamiran.

• Saturated red foamiran carnations fixed on the St. George ribbon look very beautiful. For such crafts, the buds of artificial flowers can be made both lush and large, as well as more modest.

• On St. George's ribbons pink (bright or delicate) carnations from foamiran also look very beautiful. For the basis of such cute flowers, you can use not only an ordinary ribbon, but also a miniature brooch made of it.

• From carnations of different colors (not necessarily red, purple or pink, for example), you get a chic topiary. At the same time, the central part of the flower buds can be additionally decorated with beads or beautiful shiny pebbles.

The following video presents a master class on creating carnations from foamiran.