Original needlework techniques will interest those who like to create various decorative products with their own hands. It would seem that what can be done from wire and nail polish? It turns out that these simple materials produce magnificent flowers that go to the manufacture of jewelry or floral home decor.
Necessary tools
The main consumable in the work is wire: either special for needlework (0.3 mm) is purchased or an ordinary small section is taken, soft, flexible for bending. Otherwise, it will be inconvenient to make a frame of a decorative product from it containing many small details. To create some elements you will also need a strong thick wire.
It is equally important to find the right nail polish. Its color can be any, and the texture - necessarily thickened. To work with liquid varnish is difficult, time-consuming and long. Other necessary devices and tools that may be useful in needlework:
- Nippers You can replace them with ordinary scissors, but it is easier to break off the wire with wire cutters.
- Pliers and pliers. Help twist the wire frame. Some masters prefer to do this by hand, so these tools are not required.
- Pencil. Around it is wrapped a wire, which helps to conveniently perform loops. For the manufacture of large flowers, you should take a marker or marker.
- Paper clip with an eraser. By sticking one item into another, you can get a convenient device for drying the decor. Instead, for the same purpose, foam rubber or cereal poured into a plate is suitable.
- Sheet of paper, newspaper. Allows you to keep the table clean when working with varnish.
- Wet wipes. They can be used to wipe drops of non-frozen varnish if they accidentally fall into your hands.
Also, plasticine, various beads, sequins, threads, glue may be required for work.
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flower composition
The basis for the creation of any composition is wrapping the wire in one turn around a pencil (pen, felt-tip pen). The ends of the wire are connected together, reliably twisted together. The result is a loop - the petal of the future flower.
Make the right number of petals: the more there are, the more magnificent the flower will become. Fingers shape the petals: squeeze, stretch. Each element is slightly curved at the base.
After that, the petals are stained in one of two ways:
- Pour lacquer into a small container, dip the part so that a lacquer bubble forms in the center. Leave the product to dry by attaching to a paper clip or sticking it in plasticine. After staining and drying all the petals, a flower is harvested: a bead (core) is put on the wire, the tips are bent and twisted. All the petals of the flower are attached to the center.
- Lean a brush moistened with varnish to the base of the petal, stretch the bubble over the entire surface.After drying, you can apply a layer of varnish of a different color on the same petal, but on the other hand. When ready, the petals are collected in a flower in a similar way.
To form the original composition, you need to prepare several flowers of different colors, shapes, sizes, with uneven cores. They take any suitable pot, from the new cut of wire by bending make the trunk, leaves, all this is fixed in the pot. If desired, wrap the wire with green wool threads, fixing them with superglue. Leaves can be made from wire spirals:
- Twist the spiral around the rod from the handle.
- Remove the workpiece, spread it with your fingers.
- Pinch the tip.
- The ends of the wire to tie together.
- Wrap with woolen green thread.
The base of the flower bouquet is decorated as desired with threads, paper, beads. The composition is ready.
Necklace
Flowers for a necklace are made in the same way, independently selecting the size of individual elements. For example, you can prepare 6 oblong petals and 2 curly. The central flower on the necklace needs to be made larger than the rest. Usually, 17 or 19 finished elements are enough, and long stamen beads are used as the core in them.
Ready-made flowers can be inserted into a piece of foam, so that it is convenient to paint and dry at the same time. Since the necklace will be worn around the neck, the flowers should be made more durable, which is achieved by performing a multilayer coating. The first layer should dry for 4 hours, the next - for 1-1.5 hours.
It is necessary to perform 4 layers and leave the flowers to dry for another day. Further, the procedure will be as follows:
- Wrap flower legs with floral ribbon.
- Cut a piece from the wire 0.6 mm thick along the length of the future necklace, also wrap it with tape.
- Attach the flowers, placing the largest of them in the center.
- To create a fastener, take ready rings, using pliers to attach them to the extreme flowers.
- Spread the petals so that they fit comfortably along the contour of the neck.
Wreath of flowers
For a wreath, you need to take at least three shades of varnish so that the product is bright in spring. Flowers should include 3-5 petals and be gracefully curved. On the petals apply 3 layers of varnish (each subsequent one hour from the previous one), leave them to dry all night.
To make the wreath on the head voluminous, you will have to make at least 35 flowers. The wires of the individual elements twist together. After they take a teyp tape of brown or another tone, wrap the stems.
Prepare the base frame: cut the wire, bend in the shape of a circle, twist the ends together. Attach the flowers to the base, simultaneously securing with teip tape. They are located densely or at some distance from each other.
Floral arrangements of wire and varnish look elegant and luxurious. You can make them even without experience. Hand-made products will appeal to adults and children and will be an excellent decoration of the interior.
