Autumn time - wonderful season, full of all sorts of bright colors.It is a time rich in various natural material suitable for the implementation of creative ideas.With a little ingenuity and imagination of connecting, you can create original and unique autumn crafts.Topiary, made by hand, complements any interior space and will be a great gift for a loved one.
What is Topiary
Decorative whimsical tree, hand-produced, called topiary, tree or happiness.Topiary Gardens were the first of the original trimmed bushes, which pushed the designers further tinkering tree with his own hands.This product is an important part of Crown, which is adorned with the most different materials: flowers, shells, coffee beans, colored paper elements, stones and many others.Topiary autumn can be made from dried leaves, chestnuts, acorns, seeds, dried flowers and materials having inherent autumn color.The shape of the decorative trees often round, but may have the outlines of a cone or simulate real plant.Dimensions also have no boundaries: products created from miniature to solid trees.Very popular aromatic Topiary of dried herbs and spices.
basic elements to create a topiary
before a fall Topiary, you need to draw a sketch of the future product and to gather the necessary materials.The core of the decorative topiary, like any tree, the trunk is.Jewellery and serves as the basis for articles spherical crone - most often used form of the product.Tree necessarily need support in the form of a decorative stand, as well as any autumn materials donated by nature, such as fallen leaves or spruce cones, which you will decorate the crown Topiary.Stand also decorated trees selected elements.
To collect Topiary autumn, you will need any quick-drying glue.For the stability of the trunk can be used gypsum, alabaster, sand or rocks.The stand can serve as a flower pot, basket, bowl or vase.
How is Crohn's
Classical krona, which has Topiary autumn, presented in the form of a ball.You can buy foam basis in stores with goods for creativity, but you can make it yourself.To do this, take a piece of foam to determine the size of future products and knife to cut a cube for cutting paper.Then, from the bottom to form a ball, wrap it in paper and wrap the thread for better bonding.It is necessary to improve and smooth the surface, as figures cut from the foam are not ideal.The ball should be made to form a hole for the stem and seal adhesive elements.
In the absence of foam crown can be rolled up paper, alternately winding layers of thread or tape, achieving the desired size.It is possible to coat paper paste strength.To create a substrate may be used a plastic toy ball, which is also slotted opening for placing it in the barrel.
What
create the trunk as the rod to create a decorative tree, you can use a thick wire that is twisted into a bundle for stability.The tow was then decorated with ribbons, lace or string, which is treated with varnish or paint.From wire due to its flexibility create interesting curved and forked trunks with multiple crowns.
To make Topiary of autumn materials, better to take an interesting branch of a tree or a solid stick.Optionally, look for smooth barrel - the curve shape will be more original.The rod is desirable to find a longer, given that on the one hand part of the pot in the sink, and the other will house ball.With branches will need to remove the bark, spearheaded end and cover the stain.At the request of the stick around the bottom and up to the crown to create two or three large coil of wire decorated - will very original trunk.
create and decorate the stand
Autumn Topiary, created with his own hands, must have its own pot.This can be any container, cup, vase, mayonnaise bucket, basket, a glass jar, a bottle made of plastic.The main thing - skillfully decorate the stand for future tree.It is also important to note that the diameter of the container has not been widely crown Topiary.
décor stand can serve as straw, corrugated paper, yarn, satin ribbons, beautiful cloth, moss, artificial turf.Obtyanut selected materials should be pasted or container.At the bottom of stacked stones and covered with sand, which gently placed the barrel.Another option - to fix the rod in a container with water diluted alabaster or gypsum.The solution should be brought to medium density and quickly fill their trunk in a pot, keeping it upright.If a heavy pot itself and does not require strict compliance with the balance can be used as a fill assembly foam.The top of the container at the bottom of the rod, you can decorate with moss, autumn leaves and stones.
Decorative materials for crowns
most interesting element in the creation of topiary is its crown.This is the part that requires the greatest care and violent fantasies.Topiary autumn should contain yellow and red, yellow-green and yellow-brown shades.Decorations for the crown can be any material corresponding tones.It can be both artificial and natural.Flowers and leaves can be made of colored paper or fabric, to add dried flowers, moss, acorns.Taking the chestnut trees as a symbol of autumn, you can create an amazing product.To do this well suited little flattened fruit that stick to the bowl, and the gaps are filled with fragrant tea.It is interesting to look decorations in the form of butterflies, insects, birds and fungi.The elements are attached to the crown of hot glue, pins or wire.
decor leaves
original Topiary of autumn leaves to create a snap.To do this on the street going to a beautiful, smooth and preferably multi-colored maple leaves.We need to work with the leaves until they are dried.The edge of each sheet is folded across the central vein to get a straight edge.Then twist the sheet into a tube by placing them one on top of each other.From a few leaves have to form a rosebud required size.The resulting flower tie from the stem thread.Make a few roses.
Prepared buds, some leaves and dried flowers should be attached to the crown of Topiary.To do this, a toothpick puncture hole in the ball, it drip glue and insert the bud.Continue to place flowers on the whole area of the crown, leaving a small gap for decorating other material.After drying glue fill the empty space remaining leaves are small, you can add a little variety to the moss.
Floating bowl
Another unusual form of topiary - floating cup from which a waterfall pours flowers.Easily created from scrap materials, and looks very exclusive and original.This requires a couple of tea - cup and saucer.In autumn is better to take the dishes of red shades.Trunk in this case will serve as the thick wire and the aluminum can be replaced by a fork or spoon, breaking off scoop.The barrel should not be too long, otherwise the structure will be filled up.The ends of the cable or the handle should bend in opposite directions.One end is attached to the bottom inside edge of the cup, the other end - a saucer.To stabilize the cup you need to bend a little forward.Further inside the bowl, then the core and to deepen in the saucer glued selected decorations.It can be not only the classic colors, but also the coffee beans, amber chips, coins fall dried flowers.The composition can be supplemented with artificial butterflies and insects.
positive charge and the desire to create original decorative decoration for your room, feel free to get to work on the Topiary.It's easy, you can do it!
