How Do I Get The Petal To Curve More...
Decorating By onlymadaresane Updated 20 Nov 2009 , 9:18pm by Jeff_Arnett
So I'm ATTEMPTING the parrot tulip. I FINALLY got a wire that works. (not too thick, not too thin)
However I go to assemble and the petals aren't curved enough. I put them in spoons to dry. Any suggestions ( I know it's too late now, but for next time) they need to curve from left to right inwards- not top to bottom.
If that makes any sense.
Thanks!
What about the wilton flower formers?
I've seen/heard about people using the cardboard fruit seperaters that come between apples and pears. This may help if you are working with a larger petal.
So I'm ATTEMPTING the parrot tulip. I FINALLY got a wire that works. (not too thick, not too thin)
However I go to assemble and the petals aren't curved enough. I put them in spoons to dry. Any suggestions ( I know it's too late now, but for next time) they need to curve from left to right inwards- not top to bottom.
If that makes any sense.
Thanks!
Do you have a two piece silicone veiner that you are using on the tulips? If you have a two piece one, you can take the top insert, turn it flat side down on parchment paper, then take a hot glue gun and cover it in hot glue. Once it cools and sets, simple remove it [it won't hurt the veiner!] turn it over and you will have a former just the right size. Now make several and glue them to a piece of board and you have your former.
i roll up paper into tubes to use as formers for petals, sometimes with boxes, clingfilm etc to help as well
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So I'm ATTEMPTING the parrot tulip. I FINALLY got a wire that works. (not too thick, not too thin)
However I go to assemble and the petals aren't curved enough. I put them in spoons to dry. Any suggestions ( I know it's too late now, but for next time) they need to curve from left to right inwards- not top to bottom.
If that makes any sense.
Thanks!
Do you have a two piece silicone veiner that you are using on the tulips? If you have a two piece one, you can take the top insert, turn it flat side down on parchment paper, then take a hot glue gun and cover it in hot glue. Once it cools and sets, simple remove it [it won't hurt the veiner!] turn it over and you will have a former just the right size. Now make several and glue them to a piece of board and you have your former.
Jeff, that's genius!
I've heard that tulips are dried over eggs. Haven't tried it myself but the shape seems right.
I've heard that tulips are dried over eggs. Haven't tried it myself but the shape seems right.
I use egg shaped formers for my tulip petal....guess where I get them??? Each Easter, when the eater candy comes out, I get a package of thosed filled plastic eggs. They come in a two piece clear plastic package that makes two formers. I can do 2 dozen petals at once this way!
Do you have a two piece silicone veiner that you are using on the tulips? If you have a two piece one, you can take the top insert, turn it flat side down on parchment paper, then take a hot glue gun and cover it in hot glue. Once it cools and sets, simple remove it [it won't hurt the veiner!] turn it over and you will have a former just the right size. Now make several and glue them to a piece of board and you have your former.
LOVED watching Rosemary Watson do that ingenious technique! I need to dust off that video and watch it again.
onlymadaresane, I made the drying forms for parrot tulip petals by shaping pieces of foil over a serving spoon and then further bending the edges of the foil upward for a deeper cupped petal. Super quick and super cheap.
Do you have a two piece silicone veiner that you are using on the tulips? If you have a two piece one, you can take the top insert, turn it flat side down on parchment paper, then take a hot glue gun and cover it in hot glue. Once it cools and sets, simple remove it [it won't hurt the veiner!] turn it over and you will have a former just the right size. Now make several and glue them to a piece of board and you have your former.
LOVED watching Rosemary Watson do that ingenious technique! I need to dust off that video and watch it again.
onlymadaresane, I made the drying forms for parrot tulip petals by shaping pieces of foil over a serving spoon and then further bending the edges of the foil upward for a deeper cupped petal. Super quick and super cheap.
I miss Rosemary....she was really the first person who sparked my interest in gumpaste. She had such neat tools and molds back then.
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