Looking for a Disc Flower Tutorial
Can someone point me to a good disc flower (flat) tutorial please. Thanks.
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Hi Angie ~ I am not sure if this is what you mean by disc flower, but this is a really nicely done video tutorial ~ I hope it is what you are looking for!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxkioRmu89I |
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I make simple disk flowers by (1) making the disk, (2) using a pair of glass scissors to cut the disk in 5 sections, (3) individually heating the sections and mashing. To get the right size masher, I took a bastard (metal) file to a pair of flat jewelry pliers and rounded the tips.
Milon Townsend said that if you can't find the right tool, look around and see what you can adapt. I tried to put in a picture of a bastard file; didn't work but just google the term and you'll see what I'm talking about. Nolly |
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I've done exactly what you said up to #3....couldn't figure out what it mash the with. A petal pusher didn't seem to work like I thought it would. Any ideas? |
I converted a sugar cube tong from my dining room that I use to mash my petals with when making flowers. My sugar tong looks very similar to this:
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What about these? http://www.arrowsprings.com/Narrow_Mashers_Detail.jpg
They're on sale for $5, what a deal! If you have a pair of non-serrated tweezers, I'd try them, too. You might have to angle them a little to get them parallel, but it's worth a try. These are like the pliers that I filed down for a rounded masher: http://www.firemountaingems.com/itemdetails/H201607TL Hope this helps, Nolly |
Oh my, I'm sorry ~ I don't think convert was the right word. :oops:
What I meant is that I no longer use the tongs for sugar cubes, I use the tongs now for mashing my petals on my flowers. I use them just as they are ~ I really like how the petals kind of cup forward after I mash them a little with my sugar tongs. When I used just a small flat masher the petals would just mash out flat ~ No curve or movement. Sorry again for my poor choice of words. Hope your disc flowers are coming along nicely! |
You could try a couple of long tea spoons...
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That is a GREAT idea that Houptdavid had! I love how the spoons nest inside one another, as my sugar cubes tongs do not nest ~ Perhaps you can rivet two baby spoons together like Davids spoons.
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I use wire bending pliers, also called concave/convex pliers or bail pliers. Wubbers makes them in all sizes and they are great for mashing petals or ruffling, Jeri
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Here are the mini paddle tweezers I use, and they have free shipping now.
http://shop.hobbylobby.com/products/...eezers-111724/ Make a spacer, add 5 dots. Add dots on those, and pinch each flat w/ the mini paddles. Then give each a petal a pinch w/ a normal straight tweezer in the center. Next round, indent each with an exacto knife, my favorite tool. It will look like you have 10 petals, or 5 scalloped ones. See the little flatties below. https://www.etsy.com/listing/1215393...&ref=craftcult |
I use large flat mashers - melt a blob of glass, flatten, and then pull off creating a small point of glass that you can use to attach to the bead. Keep the petals warm on a small coffee cup warmer. After attaching the petals to the bead, I then use a stepped concave-jaw wire wrapping plier to ruffle the petals. I also like using the Leonardo petal puller for make the petals as well.
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