Galelina Flowers

 

Creating a silk  English Rose (David Austin Rose) in Japanese technique, 5th April, San Diego

In this workshop, students will learn a famous Japanese flower making technique known as Somebana.

The flowers make using this technique look much more realistic than flowers made with the traditional French flower making technique.

Depending on your choice you can make an English rose from Silk.

At the class, the students will make a stunning English Rose. They will know how be to modify the rose to make a fabulous peony.

Students will learn to work with a wide range of Japanese style flower making tools.

Students will achieve some proficiency in Japanese Somebana flowing making techniques.

• Soldering Iron.  Wand MUST be able to fit Tutor’s  tools if you don’t have your own you can buy it here or here.
• Flower making tool heads for soldering iron (desirable, but optional).  The Tutor will provide flower making tools for you to work within the class.  These  have to be ordered and paid for at least one month before the class so the Tutor can post them  directly to you or the Venue of the class.)
• Pen & pencil.
• Scissors to cut silk
• 3-4 soft, flat, medium (0.25-0.5 inch width) paint brushes
• Piece of thin, cotton material, bed sheet thickness, 30cm square minimum
• 1-2 pieces of foam rubber, 15cm minimum, 5mm thick
• Toothbrush
• Hard  Japanese glue. You can buy it here. This wood glue is specially designed in Japan for silk flowers, it dries very quickly and doesn’t leave any marks. We will need a lot of this glue for silk English rose.
• Bath Towel
• Small Towel
• Piece of thin, stiff plastic (10 x 15cm minimum) such as a plastic folder
• Tweezers; a standard pair (required) and a pair with a round end (optional, could be bought  here )
• 3-5 white or clear jars/plastic cups to mix dyes
• Wire cutters
• Long-nosed pliers
• Thin wooden skewer