After a long break, quilled 3D flowers in a frame. I have been concentrating more on landscapes all this while, so I thought I'd make a quilled floral wall hanging with moulded 3D filigree flowers.
I have tried to achieve the lacey look like I did for Christmas Poinsettias. However this is more complicated as I have used petals that are quilled over a curved mould without encircling it with a strip in order to achieve the lace like quality. The petals are made into curves shapes, just like in the bell tutorial here.
In this close up, you can see the petals are curved as they are made on a curved surface. I have used slightly cupped pegs for the centers.
For this frame too, I have made the plant with stem, stalks and leaves and then mounted it on the backing as in the case of my Orange Blossoms and Sweet William frames.
I generally mount the plant at different levels (heights ) to get a more intense 3D effect rather than only arrange the leaves and stems over or under the flowers. Though it is not so noticeable in this front perspective shot, if you observe the frame closely, you can see the shadow around some of the flowers and leaves because they are elevated.
I have already done a tutorial on affixing the flowers to their stems the easy way. I will do another tutorial on how to fix stems to the leaves as my next project, so keep tuned in to this blog.
As Manuela ( manuk.ro) says, the easiest way is to use a glue gun, and she does it oh!! so neatly, but people like me who fear hot glue guns can still use the good old PVA glue and glue them on quite firmly with the use of my tutorials if they wish.
Would love to have your feedback.
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