Tutorial - Delicate Little Flower Center

[swamper]

I've been doing these little flowers for a while - I forget now if I came up with it by accident or if I saw it somewhere but I thought I'd share.

I like the way the black looks like little creases in the flower petals. So here's how it is done.

The center is a plunged, cooled and snapped off stringer made from pea green with intense black stripes. - DO NOT encase - as the intense black cannot do it's magic if encased.

It works best on white petals so the intense black can spread into the petals.

I've used this for my green floral spacers in my strawberry sets. The tutorial for the strawberries is in the last issue of the Annealer magazine.

[Deronda]

That is so much more natural looking-thank you.

[Beadbug]

Wow, that is a great look and so perfect for thoes tiny flowers. Thanks for sharing

[artwhim]

What a great effect. Thanks Linda.

[barbaracollins]

Looks great. Thank you for sharing!

[Beadbug]

Hard to believe you have had all these views and yet only 4 people saying thanks!

[swamper]

Yeah, that tendency is being discussed some place else too.

1. Either is a useless little bit of information

or

2. I am not the first person to come up with this and every body else already knows it

or

3. Folks are just too busy to reply.

or

4. Folks are just rude.

I prefer to think it's 1 or 2. Maybe I don't have any thing worth sharing.

[ekkc]

Love it! Can't wait to try it out! Thanks for sharing!

[amealer]

Beautiful effect, Linda! Very realistic look. I understand that you don't encase after plunging the center, but do you encase the base bead after melting in the vine cane? Also, do you use intense black for the vines, or regular black? I'm anxious to give this a try, also.

Allen
Birmingham, AL

[chrisdd]

I love the way those look; thanks so much for sharing your technique!

[Jody Lee]

neat!

[bubblebabeuk]

I appreciate you, Thanks for being so generous to share your technique. Your flowers look really realistic, which I love.

[swamper]

I appreciate you, Thanks for being so generous to share your technique. Your flowers look really realistic, which I love.

Thank you Ellie.

Linda

[swamper]

Beautiful effect, Linda! Very realistic look. I understand that you don't encase after plunging the center, but do you encase the base bead after melting in the vine cane? Also, do you use intense black for the vines, or regular black? I'm anxious to give this a try, also.

Allen
Birmingham, AL

Hey Allen, I've been to Birmingham - my deceased aunt lived there and I spent Christmas there when I was 10. Actually my Dad grew up in Dublin - it's about 40 miles south of Montgomery near Ramer and Grady - tinee little villages.


About your questions - this bead has no encasing but it's entirely possible to encase before application of the flower dots.

Yes, the background vine stringer has intense black and is encased because green spreads if not encased.

The stamen cane (center of the flower) also has intense black lines but is NOT encased because that would prevent the lines from spreading into the white petals.


Linda

[Moth]

Hi Linda!

Thanks for sharing, I like how wispy the intense black gets. That's a nice trick to know.

~~Mary

[Carols Glass]

Linda,
I love your flowers and can't wait to try this. Thank you so much for sharing!

[Bohemibeads]

Linda,
Thanks for sharing your technique! For those of us who are somewhat new to bead making, tutorials such as yours are a valuable tool! :)

[Rubiee]

This is really neat. When I start doing florals I'll have to remember it! :)

Thank you for sharing!

[Dia-T]

Thank you for the great info.

[Marjo]

Lovely. Kind of like dogwoods. Thanks for posting!

[Retta]

Very cute, thanks for sharing. :D

[Donna T.]

Thanks for sharing Linda. I'm writing this technique down now as I head out to the torch to give it a try.

[GlassGalore]

What a great effect and such a simple stringer to construct, I think even I could do this! ;) Thanks for posting this!

[Troll Lover]

Thanks for sharing, I'll try it!

[cadia]

thank you Linda ~ a great tip, I love the wispy look ( as was already said) and a easy one to remember when I 'm on the torch!

[beadgirl]

Thank you Linda for posting this! Will have to try this soon
MarieAnn

[Alison D]

Sweet flowers, can't wait to torch so I can try this.

Thanks a bunch,
Alison

[Jane P]

What a great tip - thanks for sharing!

[Tutti-frutti]

Let me thank you for posting the tut.
Katja

[glasshouse]

That is a neat effect! Thanks for sharing!

[kismet]

AWESOME!!! Just in time to Spring!! YIPEE=D>

Karen

[heidisever]

I love this! Can't wait to try it myself. And I have lots of pea green from making frogs!

[Lara]

Very cute bead. Have you tried with yellow centers?

[gwacie]

Great idea! Thanks for sharing.

[zoomerpop]

I will definitely try that when I get back to my torch. Thanks so much

[Simply Us]

Thanks for sharing!
Sandra

[Jacinthe]

Linda - YOU ROCK! ;)

Love ya hon

[Pat]

Well if that isn't a cute idea. Some of the best things are stumbled on. Thankyou.

[swamper]

Very cute bead. Have you tried with yellow centers?

Nope, but give it a try and let us know how it goes - there so many yellow to try - I suspect a pale one might work best.

Waving to Sarah and Gwacie.

[doesdoes]

I'm definitely going to try this... thanks so much :biggrin:

[bgurden]

thank you for sharing. its a great tutorial!

[ChristinaColligan]

Want to try as asap...thanks Linda!

[emily wilson]

Thank you for the flower tip!

[Bear Rampant Glass]

Wow, what a great idea! I can't wait to try this. Thanks, Linda.

[BeadMaven]

I love it and DO appreciate you sharing it with us.

I am gonna try the yellow and int black too. ;)

Thanks! :D

[imagesinglass]

Wow!! Thanks for sharing. I've been trying to use stringers made of clear with white stripes like the Japanese do, but Moretti white just disappears....I'm gonna give this one a try!!!

Suzanne

[lripster]

Hi Linda! Great tutorial. Thanks for sharing! :)

[DaBatt]

Fabulous tutorial - Thanks for sharing it & your tips with us Linda :)
Since I am part of the "April Showers Bring May Flowers" Exchange, I am going to try this at my next torch session - I may just make something passable ;)

[mrshedlund]

Thank you Linda! Being new to this art, I love the tips...going to try this tonite!

[swamper]

Thanks for resurfacing this little tip - so glad you like it. Reminds me that I need to do some little flowers too.

[jewlie beads]

Wow! Thank you Linda! I've always wondered how this was done. Can't wait to try it.

[woozles]

I will have to try that. Would like to see what happens with yellow in place of the pea green as well.

And is that why my vines always look so crappy? 'cause I don't encase the srtinger? I have just started adding vine to my florals and have been routinely unhappy with the result.

[swamper]

I will have to try that. Would like to see what happens with yellow in place of the pea green as well.

And is that why my vines always look so crappy? 'cause I don't encase the srtinger? I have just started adding vine to my florals and have been routinely unhappy with the result.


Yeppers, encase your vine cane in a transparent - either green or clear and they won't bleed out so badly - plus they will appear thiner.

[GiGiC]

Oh great. I will have to give this a try tonight!

[dominotx7]

cool my torch is down now, but will try it soon!
Domino

[Sarabella]

Thanks for the tip Linda - it will certainly improve my little flowers!

Sals

[Cinnamon]

What a great idea. I thought you had made the center of your flower by applying a small murrini in the center. Thank you for sharing.
Cinnamon

[Oh Honey]

Yeah, that tendency is being discussed some place else too.

1. Either is a useless little bit of information

or

2. I am not the first person to come up with this and every body else already knows it

or

3. Folks are just too busy to reply.

or

4. Folks are just rude.

I prefer to think it's 1 or 2. Maybe I don't have any thing worth sharing.

I thought it was cool enough to think maybe i should go down now and pull a stringer like that so maybe I'm weird or a n00b or both...

[Ali Oops]

Thanks for sharing

[kerribeads]

Very pretty!

Thanks for sharing your technique with us! :)

[nickyjean]

Pretty kewl idea.. thank you for sharing it with us. I can't wait to try it!
Paula

[asimeral]

Thanks for taking the time to write this out. We newbies are voracious for new information that is simple and clearly written. This tute is quite effective! :-)

[Leigh-in-AK]

Thank you, can't wait to give this a try!

[Teresa justice]

Beautiful tut, It makes the little white flower look orential especially on the red base bead.
Also where do I get the Anneller mag?
Teresa justice

[beadsnstamps]

Just saw this; thank you for sharing!
Ellen Rulo

[swamper]

Beautiful tut, It makes the little white flower look orential especially on the red base bead.
Also where do I get the Anneller mag?
Teresa justice

I used to have the strawberry tut on my site but I have changed sites - if that is what you are looking for send me a pm with your email addy and I will send it to you.

BTW, I tried the cane with yellow instead of green and it just does not make the intense black spread the same way.

Linda

[FourTailsLampwork]

I don't do many florals, but when I do I will definitely try this! Thank you kindly :)

[ritazart@gmail.com]

Wow, I don't know how I missed this thread before. Thanks for the brilliant idea and for sharing how to accomplish it.

[lunamoonshadow]

Oooh, so glad someone "resurfaced" this--I only "got" stringer/cane pulling to a decent/usable length recently--and NOW I'll actually be able to TRY this! Thanks for such a great tip & lovely way to make flowers look so pretty! (Now, if I can just get my dots to look like petals :lol:)

[dollie_mixture]

i'm quite new to lampworking, once i've encased flowers they usually end up disorted. Thanks for the tutorial, gonna go try it right now
H x

[Bea]

I like this effect way better than the 'traditional' one.
Thanks for sharing!

[CrestJewels]

Gonna try this one-thanks!

[Col]

Thanks for posting this, can't wait to try it.

[GlassbyAlex]

Definitely going to try this out! Thanks for the tip :waving:

[BlueBetween]

thanks, nice tip! I just made some flowers yesterday and was laughing at my centers - yours would have worked much better :)

[msy439]

Great idea,thank you so much for sharing.

[Tahoe Linda]

Bump! It's time to make some spring flowers, everyone!

Thank you, Linda Campbell, for showing this neat trick.

From, another Linda :)

[swamper]

Bump! It's time to make some spring flowers, everyone!

Thank you, Linda Campbell, for showing this neat trick.

From, another Linda :)

You are welcome, Linda. :)

[pierces*designs]

Great trick! Thank you!!

[loribeads]

Very cool, Linda!!!

[kissmyglassjackie]

Thanks for the share! Its a cool look!

[flaming_fools]

Can't wait to try this .... THANKS

[Rareripes]

Linda..I love these little flowers! Thank you! I bookmarked it so I can look again when I give it a try.I bookmark all important tips and threads.Very sweet of you to tell your secret :)

[alb6094]

Thanks to Linda for bumping this up, I'd never seen it.

A BIG thank you to Linda for the technique, I've recently been really working on my florals and I am anxious to try this out! I love the way the little black lines look like detail on the leaves.

[ElementalsDesign]

Linda.. I love this idea!
I don't (haven't yet anyway) do too many florals.. but am already thinking of all sorts of other applications for this idea.
Thanks for the creative jump start!
:)

~Rachel

[Beadanna]

Such a pretty bead and such a great effect - Thank you Linda!

[jconsidine11]

thank you, Linda!

I just started trying to do florals... I can't wait to try this;-)

Joan

[BabetteC]

I just ran across this - guess the tutorial is over 3 years old by now. BUT I want to say thank you. I appreciate knowing how to do this stamen cane. What issue of The Annealer magazine is your strawberry in?

[dart13]

Beautiful effect, thank you!

[Bretta]

Very cool! Thanks for sharing! :)

[swamper]

:)

[SGA]

Oh, those are cute! Thanks for sharing. :)

[Dragonfly Queen]

Those are totally awesome. Great tutorial. Haven't tried it, but sure glad this went back up the top or I'd of missed. :)

[essiemessy]

Thank you.
I'm furiously doing PPP on florals at the moment, so I'm looking forward to trying a variation on poked centres :-)
One question: would ordinary black work?

[Cherri]

I just found this post also, what a neat effect.
Thank you so much for posting it . I struggle with florals, this may make me happier.

Thankyou

[tiptrinket]

That's a beautiful bead!

[dehoffa]

Terrific idea. A must to try.