Orchid made of beads: mosaic, brick and French weaving techniques

Exotic, beautiful orchids in one kind are pleasing to the eye. But these unusual flowers are also finicky in care. It is not enough to water them, they need special soil, a special pot, a special place. But if your orchid is woven from beads, then you will not have to worry about its "health" and it will deliver you aesthetic pleasure not less than real. If you want to admire the flowering of orchids at any time of the year, we will show you how the orchid of beads weaves, m below.

There are several techniques for weaving orchids:

Mosaic

The image below shows an image of an orchid woven in this technique:

Weaving scheme:

Brick weaving

Scheme:

French( circular) technique

It is in this technique that our flower will be woven.

Materials:

• Beads( orange, brown, yellow, green) No. 10;
• Beads( yellow) No. 6;
• Copper wire( 0,3mm + 0,5mm or 0,6 + 1mm);
• Round yellow beads( 6 mm) - by number of flowers;
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• Green wire;
• Gypsum;
• Pot;
• Paints;
• Earth;
• Brown thread;
• Water.

At the end of the work we will have to have such an orchid:

Step-by-step instruction for weaving:

1 step

For the flower of an orchid of beads, the scheme of weaving the petals is simple, and is a French technique:

A wire( 0.3 mm) is cut about 50 cm long. At one end, a loop is made and 4 beads are typed, then a big loop is made at the other end:

The beads are strung on the remaining long tip of the wire( it is necessary that they come in close contact with the first row, without gaps).Three arcs are made from both sides. As a result, there should be 7 arcs:

After the petal is gossiped, it is necessary to wrap the end of the wire around the

loop. Next, a small loop is straightened, and the lower one is twisted - it will be a leg. The petal needs to be unfolded by the reverse side and the upper wire is put in the central row, the end is cut off

Thus, 5 petals are weaving. In addition, we need to weave one flower on one stamen with a big yellow bead, a stamen with two small yellow beads, central small petals( brown beads).Small petals are woven in the same way as large ones, but 8 beads are used for the central row and one arc on each side. For weaving the central small petal. You need to take 6 beads for the central row and make two arcs on each side.

After all parts of the future flower are woven, it is assembled: all parts of the middle of the orchids first, then its large petals. Everything is wound by an additional wire - this is how the flower's leg is formed. Such flowers need to make 5 pieces.

Step 2

Shamrock flower buds of orchids.

Small and round buds are woven with the same French weave, but with some nuance: the wire is twisted, three beads are made, one arc is made from both sides, and further, all the following arcs are braided one bead shorter, and one should not forget the tighttighten them. Thus - the petal will turn out not in the form of a bowl, but convex and semicircular. By combining two such "half-buds" we get one whole. Each half is lapped from 6 arcs + center row. A large( in size) bead is inserted into the bud. Total buds 4 buds.

Step 3

Weaving green leaflets.

Take the wire thicker( 0.5 or 0.6 mm) - it will be better to keep the shape of the sheet, which will be large enough. The length of the wire is about 1 m. It is better to make leaves of different sizes.

For the first leaf, it is necessary to string beads on 9 cm of wire - this will be the central row. And on each side of it weave three arcs. The leaf will be about 11 cm long. To the following add 1-2 cm

Leaflets need to be fastened with green wire( so it will be unnoticeable).

Step 4

Collect orchid.

On a thick wire, with the help of additional, we attach buds and orchid flowers. We wrap the barrel with a brown string "mulina" - this will help to disguise the wire.

At the bottom of the pot we spread a crumpled newspaper - this will help to avoid cracks. Gypsum is bred to a consistency of sour cream and poured into a pot. While the gypsum hardens, you need to stick a flower and leaves into it. It takes about 15 minutes to fully cure. Then you can start decorating the flower. With the help of paints( watercolors or acrylics of brown color), gypsum is painted. The gypsum in the pot is covered with earth, and everything is ready. Orchid becomes a beautiful decoration of your house.

To better understand the principle of work, we suggest that you watch a master class on orchids from beads.

Enjoy your creativity!

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