CALLA LILY FLOWER TUTORIAL

CALLA LILY FLOWER TUTORIAL

Apr 30, 2021 | Flowers

Author: Nicky Lamprinou

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Skill level: BEGINNERS

You will need:

  • Saracino Pasta Bouquet flower paste
  • Saracino gel colours: pink and violet
  • Florist wires white (18 and 20 gauge)
  • Florist tape green
  • Edible Saracino colour powder dusts: yellow, pink, fuchsia violet, white, black, green
  • Edible glue
  • Cornflour for dusting
  • Ball tool
  • Dresden tool
  • Non-stick rolling pin
  • Groove board
  • Foam Pad
  • Calla lily cutter large
  • Leaf cutters large
  • Paint brushes (flat for dusting)
  • Wire cutter
  • Drying shapers or sponge
  • Kitchen paper

Step 1

To make the spadix of the flower, knead some flower paste with a small amount of Saracino yellow powder colour.

Step 2

Roll out a small piece of yellow paste into a sausage. It’s size should be around ⅔ of the cutter.

Step 3

Τake a wire gauge 18 put some glue at the end of the wire and insert into the spadix,  place it firmly on the base and let it dry overnight.

Step 4

To make the spath, using pink and violet cake gel colour create 4 different shades of flower paste.

Step 5

Dust the board with a small amount of corn flour and roll out the paste. Using your cutter cut out petals. 

Step 6

Move the spath onto the foam pad and thin the edges with a balling tool. Gently roll the ball tool over the edge of the spath (half on the foam mat half on the spath) and thin the edges.

Step 7

Using Dresden tool make gentle strokes on the inner side of the petal.

Step 8

Apply some glue and wrap the spath around the spadix.

Step 9

Shape it by folding the edges, let it dry until it is firm. Place on a foam mat or hang upside down.

Step 10

To make the leaves roll out a piece of flower paste with a small rolling pin on the groove board.

Step 11

Cut out with a leaf cutter in 2-3 different sizes. Make sure that the ridge is in the centre of the leaf.

Step 12

Add some glue at the end of a 20  gauge wire and insert into the ridge of the leaf. Insert the wire half way into the leaf.  A slow twisting motion helps to insert the wire.

Step 13

Pinch the end of the leaf gently to secure it to the wire.

Step 14

Move the leaves onto a foam pad and thin the edges with the ball tool.

Step 15

Make gentle strokes on the leaf  with the Dresden tool.

Step 16

Try to give the leaf a realistic shape with natural movement and let it dry on a foam mat.

Step 17

For the stem roll a small amount of Pasta Bouquet coloured with green powder colour.

Step 18

Insert it onto the flower wire.

Step 19

Starting from the base of the flower move gently downwards to cover the wire using a rolling motion working down.

Step 20

Τo colour the flowers start with the spath. Use pink, violet, white and fuchsia powder colours. Mix them to make different combinations.

Step 21

Use a soft, wide brush to start dusting shade with light colours.

Step 22

Continue dusting shade with darker colours.

Step 23

To dust the leaves use green powder colour to make shade.

Step 24

Use the same colour to dust the stem.

Step 25

Tape the leaves and the flowers  together using green florist tape.

Step 26

Continue with the rest of the flowers, adding one or two leaves for each flower.

Step 27

Assemble the flowers to make a bouquet.

Step 28

Feel free to be creative with your composition. Good luck!

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LISIANTHUS FLOWER TUTORIAL

LISIANTHUS FLOWER TUTORIAL

Oct 29, 2020 | Flowers

Author: Nicky Lamprinou

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Skill level: BEGINNERS

You will need:

  • Flower paste Saracino – Pasta Bouquet
  • Non stick board
  • Small rolling pin
  • Ball tool
  • Foam pad
  • Groove board
  • Corn flour for dusting
  • Green and yellow Saracino gel colours
  • Green and Pink Saracino powder colours
  • Peony petal cutter
  • Leaf cutter and veiner
  • Flower wire gauge 20, 22 and  26
  • Flower tape green
  • Saracino edible glue
  • Wire cutter
  • Paint brushes
  • Kitchen paper

Step 1

To make the centre of the flower, knead some flower paste with a small amount of Saracino green gel colour

Step 2

Make a small ball of paste and form it into a cone shape to create the bud. Take a 22 gauge wire and make a hook at the end of the wire

Step 3

Put some glue on the hook and insert into the cone. Pinch the bottom of the cone to secure it to the wire. Let it dry overnight.

Step 4

Take some yellow flower paste and make 5 tiny stamens for each flower.

Step 5

Fix the stamens around the green bud using edible glue. Let them dry.

Step 6

To make the petals. Dust your board with some cornflour and roll out the paste with a small rolling pin.

Step 7

Cut out 5-6 petals for each flower with a medium size  peony cutter.

Step 8

Move the petals onto a foam pad and thin the edges of the petals with a balling tool.

Step 9

Place the petals into spoons to let them dry and form for 10-15 minutes

Step 10

Put some glue at the bottom of the petal and add the first petal on the bud

Step 11

Attach the second petal just behind the first. Continue the same way with the rest of the petals.

Step 12

To close the flower insert the last petal into the first.

Step 13

To make the small flower. Use your small peony cutter to cut out 3 petals for each flower.

Step 14

Move the petals onto the foam pad. Thin the edges and let them dry on the spoons for a while.

Step 15

To make the center. Make a small ball with white flower paste. Insert a 22 gauge wire and let it dry

Step 16

Add the 3 petals around the bud as before and close.

Step 17

To make the calyx. Roll out green flower paste and cut out small leaves with scissors

Step 18

Put some glue and add 4-5 leaves onto the base of the flower.

Step 19

To make the leaves. Roll out a small amount of green flower paste over the groove board.

 

Step 20

Cut out leaves using a leaf cutter in two different sizes.

Step 21

Add some glue at the end of a 26 gauge wire and insert into the ridge of the leaf

 

Step 22

Move the leaves onto a foam pad and thin the edges with the ball tool.

Step 23

Move onto the veiner and press firmly to shape the pattern. Let them dry on a foam.

 

Step 24

To dust the flowers use pink Saracino powder colour. Dust the edges of the petals using a soft brush.

Step 25

To colour the leaves dust with Saracino green powder colour. You can also use confectioner glaze to shine the leaves.

 

Step 26

Tape the leaves and the flowers using green florist tape

Step 27

Using a 20 gauge wire and green florist tape start arranging the branch

 

Step 28

Start with a small leaf and a small flower

Step 29

Continue adding flowers and leaves along the branch

 

Step 30

This is the bouquet I created. Feel free to be creative with your composition.

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