How to weave white orchid from beads, master class with photo and description.

December 16, 2017 handmadebase

Along with the rose, the capricious and beautiful queenflowers is an orchid. There are many different colors, shades and shapes of these flowers and almost the same number of legends and myths associated with the appearance of the orchid. One of them says that the Roman goddess of love Venus was once so overcome by passion that she lost her shoe, and it turned into a beautiful flower - an orchid. For many years, these plants were considered magical, and love potions were prepared from their petals. According to another legend, one day the sun wanted to see the earth, but the sky was covered with clouds. The sun pierced this veil with rain, and when it ended, a bright, magnificent rainbow shone. All the spirits of the earth flew in to admire the beautiful sight, they sat on the rainbow, and unable to withstand their weight, the rainbow split into many small fragments, which flew around the world and turned into orchids. This flower has existed on the planet for many hundreds of years. The first mentions of the orchid date back to the 3rd century AD. Different peoples used different types of orchids as symbols. In Japan, it was considered a symbol of dignity and wealth, in China it represented good taste, sophistication and friendship. As you know, the orchid is a beautiful and very capricious flower that requires a lot of attention, care and special conditions. Growing it is quite difficult. At the same time, it is easy to enjoy the sight of a blooming orchid, it can be woven from beads.To do this you will need:

200 g of white beads;
25 g of yellow beads;
50 g of crimson beads;
200 g of dark green beads;
Wire 0.4 mm and 0.03 mm;
A pot for an orchid;
Floral tape is dark brown in color;
Glue;
Alabaster.

Flower.Make 2 pieces of wire - 20 cm (this will be the axis) and 60 cm. Twist the wire pieces to the middle of the axis. 8 white beads are strung onto the axis. This is the core of the petal. 12-14 beads are strung onto the second wire and the tail of the wire free of beads is wrapped around the axis so that the two bead strings fit tightly together. Continue weaving using the French technique. Each petal has 4 arcs on both sides. Give the petal a pointed shape. Three such petals are needed for one flower, there will be 7 flowers in total, which means you need to weave 21 petals. These are the outer petals. For the middle petals, start weaving with three beads, all using the same arc technique. 6 axes on both sides. A total of 14 petals are needed. For the inner petals, you need to use yellow, raspberry and white beads. The transition of shades is shown in the photo. The number of beads in the arcs should differ slightly more than in the petals and give the inner petals a more rounded shape. Each has 11 pairs of arcs. A total of 7 petals. Start with 4 beads on the axis.The core is woven from white beads.Work with parallel weaving. A piece of wire 30 cm. Weave a maximum of 6 beads in a row. Assembling the flower. Attach a multi-colored petal to the core, then 2 medium and 3 large ones. Leaves. A piece of wire for the axis = 25 cm. The first row 30 - 70 beads. It is necessary to make 3 - 9 pairs of arcs. Give the leaves an oval shape. It is necessary to make from 3 to 5 leaves of different sizes.Barrel.A piece of thick wire 0.4 mm long, 70 cm. Screw flowers and leaves to it, like a real orchid (leaves almost at the very bottom, and flowers along the stem at the top). Wrap with flo-tape. Twist the lower end (below the leaves) into a spiral. "Plant" the orchid in a pot, wrap the leaves and flowers in polyethylene (so as not to stain) and fill with alabaster solution. Fix until completely hardened. Coat the surface with glue and make soil from beads. When it dries, the orchid is ready.

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