Showing posts with label roses. Show all posts
Showing posts with label roses. Show all posts

Floral Week: Rose Tutorial

Easy Roses to Make with Clay



Here's a step by step photo tutorial for making roses.   It was written for a gumpaste cake topper but the technique is exactly the same for air-dry clay.  However, for clay flowers you can use glue, wire and other inedible products that probably wouldn't be used with gumpaste creations.

Usually the best air-dry clays to use for making flowers are the softer formulas like DecoClay, Hearty Clay, Martha Stewart's Claycraft and similar clays which are often sold pre-colored.  Cold porcelain is also great for making flowers.   I love the idea shown here of using spoon to shape the petals.

Variegated Rose Technique by Rubicce


In the following video, the well-known cold porcelain artist from Argentina, Jorge Rubicce, shows us a very new technique for creating realistic roses using pre-tinted cold porcelain. We've previously featured a few of Jorge's videos where he shows us how to make cold porcelain flowers, but, this time, he shows us how to create petals with gently variegated colors.

Roses by Rubicce


In the following video, the famous clay artist Jorge Rubicce shows us his methods for creating realistic roses using cold porcelain. If you don't understand the language, just mute the video and follow along visually as he demonstrates each step for building a rose.

How to Make Lydia's Clay Roses

Today we have a video slideshow from Lydia, demonstrating her method for creating cold porcelain roses.   The  instructional text in the video is written in 4 languages.   You may have to use the PAUSE button in the video player to stop slideshow long enough to read text.

How to Create Craft Porcelain Clay Roses

Clay Roses by Linda Peterson
As featured on Livin' the Creative Life, Linda Peterson shares how to create delicate roses from the air-dry clay called "Craft Porcelain" (from Amaco). This product is said to be similar to the homemade cold porcelain paste we've often mentioned .... but I'm told by those who've used both products that