Basic Techniques for Tipping and Assembling Flowers - Handcraft Ronghua Tutorial

Basic Techniques for Tipping and Assembling Flowers

I. Tipping Techniques
Tipping refers to trimming the shape of the velvet strips to facilitate the subsequent shaping work.

A. Tipping Both Ends

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1. First, take out the velvet strip and hold one end of the brass wire with the thumb and index finger of your left hand.

2. Rest the scissors against your middle finger.
3. Adjust the angle of the scissors to form a 35-degree angle with the velvet strip.

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4. Gently rotate the velvet strip while trimming it with the scissors.
5. Trim the other end using the same method.

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6. Trimming is complete.

B. Halving and Tipping

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1. First, take out the velvet strip and hold one end of the brass wire with the thumb and index finger of your left hand.

2. Rest the scissors between your middle and ring fingers, adjusting the distance by opening and closing the fingers.
3. Position the blade of the scissors in the middle of the velvet strip. Adjust the angle of the scissors to form a 35-degree angle with the velvet strip.

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4. Gently rotate the velvet strip while trimming it with the scissors.
5. Trim the middle and both ends of the velvet strip.

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6. Trimming is complete.

II. Assembling Techniques
Assembling refers to the process of putting together the flower shape. The subsequent assembly steps fall under this technique. Each time a petal is added during assembly, wrap the wire around it twice.
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1. Use tweezers to hold the base of the petal for easy assembly.
2. During assembly, align the base of the petal using the tweezers. Align each new petal with the previous one.
3. Press one end of the wire with the thumb of your left hand, and use the thumb and index finger of your right hand to hold and wrap the wire around the base of the flower. Wrap the wire twice for each added petal.

Tip: Preservation methods for velvet strips and Ronghua(Velvet flowers): Since the material of the velvet strips is silk, which is delicate, the strips can be clustered and inserted into a foam board after they are rolled, and taken out for tipping when needed. Finished Ronghua(Velvet flowers) can also be placed on a foam board. Ronghua(Velvet flowers) are fragile and should be stored individually to avoid compression and collision as much as possible.