I’m nonetheless engaged on this closet chandelier challenge, and I’m very enthusiastic about the way it’s going. Yesterday, I shared that I had some issues making the flowers as a result of the clay I selected to you utilize caught to the whole lot it touched. It was inconceivable to roll out that clay and mould it or reduce something from it.
So I returned that clay and acquired this one. And these things is superb!!
It took me some time to get my flower making approach down. I made an entire lot of flowers earlier than I got here up with the fitting measurement sample for the petals, the fitting variety of petals, the fitting overlap of the petals, and many others. So by the point I went to mattress final night time, I solely had 9 of the 38 flowers that I would like for the chandelier.
However a minimum of it was a enjoyable and enjoyable day attending to play with clay. 😀 And now that I lastly have a system and formulation down, I’m hoping the remaining will go a lot sooner.
I’ll present you the way I made the flowers, after which offer you a peek at one of many flowers on the chandelier kind.
To roll out the clay uniformly from one flower to the following, I reduce some scrap strips of 1/4″ wooden to 1/8″ thick and used these as guides to roll out the clay.
I purchased this little acrylic curler to roll the clay, and it rested on the guides to make it uniform in thickness.
Then I used my X-acto knife and reduce two skinny strips out of the center and set these strips apart.
I used these straight reduce edges to chop the petals. I had made patterns for my petals out of spam. I used two sizes of petals, and reduce 5 of the small ones and 7 of the big ones.
So every flower consists of 5 small petals, seven giant petals, and one lengthy strip of clay from the 2 strips that I had reduce and pressed collectively.
Subsequent, I took every petals and squeezed across the edges to get rid of the reduce marks, after which I used my finger, dipped in water, to spherical them off and clean them out much more.
After which I pressed every petal into the strip of clay.
I continued doing that, overlapping the petals by half.
I did all the small petals first…
After which did the seven giant petals, persevering with to overlap them by half.
As soon as all the petals had been pressed onto the strip of clay, I reduce away the surplus strip, after which rolled up the petals, ranging from the left aspect with the small petals, and persevering with to roll them up till I had this…
Right here’s what it seemed like from the highest…
And right here’s a aspect view…
After which I simply began squeezing the underside space collectively to kind extra of a flower form, whereas additionally working with the petals to bend them out and provides the flower some form.
As soon as I had it how I needed it, I reduce off the surplus clay on the backside…
After which I caught a 3/16″ metallic rod by way of the middle of the flower. This is similar measurement metallic rod that I used to kind the body for the chandelier.
After which I trimmed up the underside of the flower to provide it a cleaner look…
And eventually, I dipped my finger into water and used it to clean out the reduce edges.
And that’s it! It’s a fairly enjoyable course of, and I can inform you that I’d a lot moderately be doing this than constructing something proper now. I would like these enjoyable, artistic, simple tasks now and again. And I might say that my confidence degree has elevated to about 95%. 😀
I nonetheless have to trim the “stems” on the chandelier body to the fitting top, so I didn’t wish to connect the flowers but. However I used to be curious to see what a minimum of one would seem like. So right here’s a peek. I like it!
Addicted 2 Adorning is the place I share my DIY and adorning journey as I rework and beautify the 1948 fixer higher that my husband, Matt, and I purchased in 2013. Matt has M.S. and is unable to do bodily work, so I do the vast majority of the work on the home on my own. You can learn more about me here.
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