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    Artificial Flower Making
    Artificial Flower Making
    Artificial Flower Making
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    Artificial Flower Making

    By Rosemary Brinley

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    This book contains a comprehensive guide to making artificial flowers out of various materials. With simple diagrams and step-by-step instructions, this volume aims to teach the novice how to make a range of beautiful flowers including roses, daisies, bluebells, and more. This volume is highly recommended for those with a love of handicraft, and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of related literature. Contents include: “Sequence of Work”, “Making Crépe Paper Flowers”, “Suitability of the Material”, “Tools Required”, “Additional Materials”, “Working Methods”, “Direction of Grain”, “Crépe Paper Daisies: Several Varieties”, “Petals and Centres”, “Making the Centres”, “Petal Making”, etc. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing “Artificial Flower Making” now in an affordable, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on the history of textiles and weaving.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateApr 16, 2013
    ISBN9781473381520
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      Artificial Flower Making - Rosemary Brinley

      INTRODUCTION

      Appreciation of the materials used—small outlay—variety and achievement—materials used in the craft—tools for the beginner—equipment—new materials—use of plastics—scope—basis for progression—methods of manufacture. Sequence of Work: Making patterns—use of models—permanent patterns—shaping the materials—pre-assembly preparation—order of assembly—finishing. Main factors—practise.

      THE chief factor necessary to success in artificial flower making, is the ability to appreciate and realize that the products are artificial, and not imitations of the real things. Although some very beautiful and life-like artificial flowers can be made, which closely resemble real flowers, the craftworker should at all stages of the work, keep in mind, that the materials used for the work have definite limitations and possibilities. Real flowers may be used as models for making artificial flowers and many natural materials may be used in their manufacture, but the products of the flower maker are, frankly, artificial.

      The craft of making artificial flowers is a complete and profitable one. The materials and equipment are not costly and there is always a demand for well made artificial flowers, provided they are reasonably priced. It is a craft of variety and achievement; the range of products is almost limitless and there is a wide range of inexpensive materials for use in the work. The materials include paper, plastics, fabrics, metal, wax, yarns, modelling pastes, leather and any other material that can be manipulated with the hands and is reasonably firm in texture.

      Only a few simple tools are required to commence with, the most necessary items being a large and a small pair of scissors, both very sharp, a sharp craft knife and a small pair of pliers. These are sufficient for the beginner in the craft and any other tools required may be added to the initial kit, as the worker progresses from the beginner stage. Other tools that may be required later in the work include those for the modelling of pewter, leather, and the self-hardening pastes. Other items required for the beginner’s outfit are some paste, colours, gum, wire of various thicknesses, needles and cotton. With this very simple amount of equipment, the would-be flower maker can commence in this fascinating and profitable craft.

      Artificial flower making is not a new craft, but during recent years, many new materials have become available to increase the scope of the flower maker and to add new interest to the craft. The new materials are mostly plastics, which include P.V.C., a thin, rubbery sheet material (used mostly for making curtains), Cellulose Acetate, which is mostly used for making covers for lampshades (this is often wrongly described as talc or celluloid), and Crinothene which is a very popular material for making lampshades, handbags and many other articles. One of the most popular materials for making artificial flowers is crêpe paper, and the many uses of this material may almost be considered a complete and separate branch of the craft. Crêpe paper is a very pleasant material to work, and some excellent flowers can be made at low cost, from this versatile material.

      As in any other form of handicraft, some practise is necessary before a high standard of skill can be attained, and the low cost of the materials encourage practise and experiment in the construction and fabricating of many kinds of floral decorations. This is a craft which is not restricted in scope and the artificial flower maker will find, after making some of the flowers described in the following chapters and instructions, that these can be regarded as a basis for progression in devising and making many other types and styles of artificial flowers.

      The chief methods of making artificial flowers are the same in the case of most materials and these are set out below in the sequence of manufacture, upon which the chapters of instructions are based. Of course, there may be some slight variations in handling different materials, but the basic principles of construction are the same.

      SEQUENCE OF WORK

      1. Assuming that the materials and tools are readily available, the first thing necessary is the making of patterns. Some pattern shapes of leaves, petals and other parts are illustrated later in this book. Others may be devised by inventing them or by using real flowers as models. If this is done, two model flowers will be required and these should be very similar in size and appearance. One of the flowers should be kept intact as a model, and the other flower should be carefully taken to pieces and the parts used for pattern making. The patterns, which are used on the materials for making them to correct shape and size, can be made on paper. If many flowers of the same type are to be made at the same time, the pattern shapes should be cut in cardboard, and if the craftworker intends making the craft a permanent one, it will be found best to cut pattern shapes from zinc or tin. These may then be written on with pencil to identify the shapes of each part of a flower, and the pattern shapes of each flower should be stored in an envelope for future reference and use. When making patterns for a particular type of flower, it should be considered that flowers are not all of the same size and more than one set of patterns should be made in different sizes. All the work of pattern making must be done carefully and accurately.

      2. The next part of the work consists of shaping the materials, using the patterns previously made and cutting the parts to shape, neatly and accurately. The stages of work are general in the case of all the materials used, with the exception of soft materials such as wax and paste compounds.

      3. After shaping the parts, any pre-assembly preparation should be done, such as fluting and cupping crêpe paper and moulding the parts of plastic materials to shape. This part of the work should be done in the main order of assembly, which is as follows:—

      Centres (hearts, buds, stamens, etc.)

      Petals and Calyx

      Stems

      Foliage.

      4. The next stage in the making of an artificial flower is to assemble the parts, which, in most cases, is effected in the order given above, working from the centre of the flower, outwards and downwards.

      5. The final part of the work is the colouring, if necessary, and any shaping of the parts, grouping the parts of the flowers in bunches, posies or sprays, and fitting attachments such as pins to flowers made as dress ornaments. This final part of the work is just as important as the other stages, and the finishing process can often make or mar the work.

      It should be appreciated from the sequence of work given above, that there is nothing very difficult in the making of artificial flowers. Of course, no amount of care in working to rule will guarantee the making of beautiful and graceful flowers. The main factors to success are the handling of the materials artistically and in understanding their properties, possibilities and limitations. The secret of success lies in practise for progression. There is no doubt that the craft of making artificial flowers is a complete and satisfying one which can also be made a very profitable occupation.

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