Decembrist from beads technology of weaving cactus (video)
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Decembrist - by nature refers to thattype of cacti that need watering. It does not contain thorns, but is ready to boast of delightful flowering. At the tips of its shoots, closer to December, different flowers begin to appear: from rich bright red to muted pink shades. Such a beautiful flowering plant can be made with your own hands from beads. This cactus is created mainly using the French weaving technique. A more labor-intensive process involves using the parallel weaving technique.
Flowering cactus, the Decembrist own hands
To make a Decembrist from beads you will need such materials:
- Beads of a rich pink hue;
- Beads of soft pink color;
- green beads;
- Wire for beadwork 0.4 mm in diameter;
- Wire rod (about twenty centimeters in length);
- Green thread;
- glue;
- Pot (or other container for planting Decembrist);
- Alabaster or gypsum;
- Decor.
The flower petals are made using the French weaving technique or “arc stringing” from pink beads.
We weave in this way:
- Fourteen petals, the main axis of which consists of three centimeters of strung pink beads and 3 pairs of arcs about this axis;
- Five lobes: the main axis is six centimeters of pink beads and seven pairs of arcs about the axis.
Shoots of the Decembrist in the form of green leaves doFrom beads of green color, using the same technique of weaving. In total for a Decembrist of beads, twenty-six leaves of the same shape and size must be made. The axis of each leaf is three centimeters, five pairs of arcs are formed along it.
It is better to make petals and leaves with the help ofpreliminary stringing of a large number of beads on the wire. In this case, the wire from the spool does not need to be cut. If during the process you do not have enough strung beads, you can always string additional beads.
The main stage in the creation of the Decembrist isthe process of its assembly. To do this, first you need to connect five small petals of pink beads by twisting the ends of the wires together. Then, wrap the wire base with green threads, moving one centimeter down. Now you need to attach the next five petals of pink beads, placing them in the gaps between the first ones, also wrapping the base with threads. We continue this process, attaching all the woven blanks up to the largest ones. After finishing attaching the last petals, we continue winding with green threads for some distance, thus we will form a small "neck".
We begin to form the shoots of the Decembrist frombeads according to the pattern. First, we need to put the leaf blanks together (Figure "a"). Next, the ends of the wires of each pair need to be twisted together (Figure "b"). Now the resulting twisted rod of one of the pairs of leaves needs to be hidden inside the second pair and connected to each other using copper wire (Figure "c").
In the next step, to a strong wireThe flower must be tightly wound onto the rod. We hide the end of such a rod inside the stem, which we formed from paired beaded leaves. The areas where the leaves are connected to each other must be thoroughly wrapped with wire. Free areas of the wire can be hidden by additionally stringing green beads (Figure "d").
The beaded Decembrist is ready.Take the prepared container, place the blooming cactus in it and fill the base with gypsum solution. You can decorate the base with beads, stones, artificial vegetation.
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