How to weave multicolored iris from beads in French technique, description and step-by-step photos
In this article we offer bead weavinga very beautiful flower with a wide range of colors - iris. People have been growing bright and beautiful irises for many hundreds of years. One image from the island of Crete, over 4,000 years old, depicts these flowers. It was grown by the Egyptians, Arabs and Slavs. The iris is named after the Greek goddess Iris, who descended on a bright rainbow to convey the will of the gods to mere mortals. There are many legends dedicated to the flower. One of them tells of the times when there were no people on earth, and only spirits and divine beings lived. The sun admired the earth every morning, but one day this beautiful picture was covered with clouds. Rain poured out of them, and when the clouds dispersed, a beautiful rainbow appeared on the earth. The spirits flocked to look at this miracle. They sat on the rainbow, laughed, joked and sang. There were more and more of them. The rainbow couldn't stand it and shattered into tiny pieces. Beautiful flowers appeared where they fell. The Japanese write "iris" and "warrior spirit" with the same hieroglyphs. The sharp long leaves of the flowers resemble samurai swords. The Japanese believe that irises should awaken courage in young men, so they make magic talismans for boys from iris flowers. Different peoples call the iris iris "kasatik", "petushok", "pikulnik". Earlier, the people of Bulgaria and Serbia called it Perunik, in honor of the ancient Slavic god of thunder Perun. Let's weave an iris from beads.Because irises come in almost every shaderainbow, you can choose beads of the color that you like. Create snow-white or purple flowers. In general, weave in those shades that will suit the interior or just your idea. You will need:
- Beads 11/0 (colors you choose on your own);
- A thin wire (0.4 and 0.5 mm). It is needed for petals and leaves;
- Strips of thick wire (4 mm). It is needed for stems;
- Threads or floras are green;
- Glue PVA (if you have chosen the thread for winding stems);
- Tools for working with wire.
We will weave in a French arcaxial technique. For one flower you will need the following petals: (see picture). 3 pieces of large upper petals (standards), large lower petals (falls), small ones for the core, beards, sepalsLet's start working with small petals.Usually the color of these petals matches the shade of the large upper ones. Take a piece of wire about 1 m long (this is the optimal piece of wire for work). Measure about 8 cm on one end and make a long loop. We have an axis and a working wire. Now string 2 cm of beads on the 8 cm long axis. Now string beads on the working end of the wire. The string should be slightly longer than on the axis. Now make a turn with the wire (see the picture). We have one arc. The working end is fixed at the top of the axis. Make another string and fix the working wire at the bottom of the axis. For a small petal, you need 2 pairs of arcs.The beard will consist of one pair of arches, andThe length of the string of beads on the axis = 3 cm. For large petals, the axis = 3 cm, and 7 pairs of arches are needed. For sepals, the length of the axis with beads is 3 cm and 2 pairs of arches. Now that all the necessary parts are woven, we can assemble the flower. First, attach small petals to a piece of thick wire, with beards located under them. Now attach the large upper petals (standards). They need to be placed between the beards. We attach the large lower petals (fouls) between the upper ones, placing them under the beards. You can attach with threads, then you need to coat the stem with glue, or flor tape. Having made a few more turns of winding after the lower petals, you need to attach the sepals.To make the bouquet complete, you can weaveseveral buds. For each bud you will need 2 petals with an axis length of 3 cm and five pairs of arches. And two small additional sepals with an axis length of 3 cm and two pairs of arches. These additional leaves in real irises are located at the place where the stems branch or buds form. These additional leaves and buds need to be rolled into a spiral. For this, you can use a thick pen or pencil. The number of additional leaves will depend only on how many flowers you want to make.We attach the buds to short piecesthick wire. Then, at a distance of about 2 cm, we attach 2 additional leaves. As an example of the arrangement of buds and flowers, see the photo below.