THE SYRIAN KETMIA HIBISCUS FLOWER

Author: Katarzyna Koczorowska

FB: Katarzynka Sztuka Cukrowa

Skill level: BEGINNERS

TIP:

You may find the flower paste a bit sticky. Use corn flour to prevent this.

You will need:

Flower paste Saracino – Pasta Bouquet
Non stick board with grooves for petals / leaves
Florist wires white gauge 26
Florist tape – green
Saracino colour dust – green, yellow and white
Non- stick rolling pin
Cutter & veiner for hibiscus flower
Cutter & veiner for leaves
Small 3cm star cutter
Foam pad
Paint brushes
Ball tool small
Kitchen paper

Step 1

Thinly roll out white Pasta Bouquet over the grooves on your rolling board. Cut out petals with the cutter. Make sure the groove is in the middle.

Step 2

Insert a white florist wire into the groove half way into the petal.

Step 3

Move the petals to a foam mat. Thin the edges of the petal using your small rolling pin.

Step 4

Make sure the veiner is very well dusted with icing sugar or cornstarch.

Step 5

Place a petal on the veiner and make sure the petal is pressed well into all grooves.

Step 6

Place the other half of the veiner on top of the leaf. Bend it to make it easier.

Step 7

Press together. Bend it again to remove.

Step 8

Your petal is ready. You will need 5 for each flower.

Step 9

Place your petals on a contoured foam mat making sure the edges are rounded.

Step 10

For the centre of the flower roll a ball of paste. Use your fingers to roll and form it onto the flower wire. Roll it in your hands to make smooth.

Step 11

Your rolled centre piece should be approximately half the length of the petal as shown in the picture.

Step 12

Use a little water to dampen the paste. Dip into semolina flour to give texture.

Step 13

When dried dust using white powder colour. Using yellow mixed with a little green lightly dust the lower three quarters of the centre.

Step 14

Using the same yellow and green dust mixture lightly dust the centre spine of the petals fading the colour as you dust outwards.

Step 15

Using the green florist tape start wrapping around the wire of the centre. Add a petal and tape together.

Step 16

Add petals. All are to be at the same level and each flower will need five petals.

Step 17

This is how your flower will look with the five petals all taped together.

Step 18

Wrap the tape to the end of the stem.

Step 19

For the calyx mix Pasta Bouquet with a little green powder colour.

Step 20

Roll thinly on a board and cut out using a calyx or petal cutter.

Step 21

Use your ball tool on a foam mat to press and roll the calyx into shape.

Step 22

Press the flower centre wire through the calyx. Press the calyx firmly to the underside of the flower but be careful not to lose the nice curved shape we formed.

Step 23

Hang upside down and allow to dry.

Step 24

For the leaves roll some of the green Pasta Bouquet on your grooved board. The paste needs to be rolled over a groove.

Step 25

Cut out the leves and use a modelling tool to remove any rough edges.

Step 26

Place the leaf on a leaf veiner and insert a gauge 26 wire into the centre. You may find it easier to lightly twist the wire as you insert.

Step 27

Press the top veiner onto the leaf. Remove from the veiner and lay onto a contoured foam mat to give shape.

Step 28

Dust the centre using green colour. Use yellow and white dusts as you are working out from the centre blending into the green centre.

Step 29

Using the green and yellow powder colour dust the calyx and the stem.

Step 30

Tape each leaf stem using green florist tape.

Step 31

Start fixing together by placing a flower at the top. Then fix three leaves. Continue to form the stem of flowers and leaves.

Step 32

Using florist tape fix the flowers and leaves together with leaves fixed between flowers as shown.

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