Master class on toparias from satin ribbons on the example of manufacturing of sunflower

Topiary is the oldest art of landscape design, figured cutting of trees and giving them all kinds of bizarre forms: animals, geometric shapes and architectural structures. In our time, the topiary is made for the decoration of an apartment or as a gift. Just look at how many different designs for the "tree of happiness"!We have selected the most accessible and beautiful examples of handmade trees for you so that you can choose the option that suits you. Combine different ideas, supplement them with your details and let your products be the best!

As you have already understood, in this master class we will consider the production of topiary from satin tapes. It will be a fragrant coffee sunflower, a slightly unusual idea for this technique, because usually the topiary are three-dimensional trees with a perfect round top.

Look how unusual this piece looks!

To create a sunflower you need:

• Natural coffee.
• Adhesive gun.
• Clay pot.
• Wooden stick.
• Gypsum.
• Computer disk.
• Satin ribbons of 3 colors( red, yellow, green) 5 cm wide.
• Pearl beads.
• Scissors.
• Candle.
• Adhesive PVA.
• Decorative ladybugs.

Proceed as follows:

Let's make the petals first, for this we take the yellow ribbon and cut the petals with a width of 5 cm and a length of 6 cm, just cut 40 pieces. Fold one petal in half, cut off the corner, and using a lighted candle glue the edges, thereby creating a sharp petal. On the other hand, we turn off the petal so that you can put a small ball inside( that is, there must be a pocket inside).We take a disk, a glue-pistol and glue a petal to the edge of the disk. The following petals do according to the same principle.

Take the green ribbon, cut the petals 5-6 cm long. Then fold the petal in half, bend the left edge to ourselves, and turn the right edge from ourselves. Make a fold at the base, and glue the edges over the candle.

In this way, we glue the other lobes to the disc. Since it is a sunflower, yellow petals are glued only in two layers.

The void in the middle of the disk is filled with coffee beans. To do this, you will again need a glue gun.

We pass to the stalk. To do this, you need a stick, glue and a green ribbon. We wind the stick with a ribbon, glue several petals to the stem.

We glue the stem to the flower, insert the stem into the pot and fill it with gypsum. We hold the flower for a while to fix it. After the flower is firmly held, you can hide the gypsum with grains by gluing. This is done to make the aroma of coffee brighter.

Attach the ladybirds to the petals. From the ribbons of red color we make four petals. From the remaining yellow tape, make 4 petals, smaller size, glue them together and lay out on coffee "seeds" in the form of a butterfly. Beads can make dew on petals or on seeds. This completes the production of the sunflower.

Now your room will be wrapped in the aroma of wonderful coffee! Such a topiary is suitable as a gift for a coffee man. Do not hesitate to experiment and create wonderful topiary. And let your inspiration serve these wonderful examples of trees from satin ribbons.

I wish you good luck!

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