| Step 1: Choose two colors (I'm using orange and orange mixed
with red), roll them out and set them up for a Skinner Blend. Add a strip of white and a strip of the darker color to the sides as shown to enhance the effect of the blend. |
Step 2: Make A Skinner Blend.
(see Leigh's lesson for any assist) |
Step 3: Roll the sheet - lighter color to the light one and
darker color to the dark one. |
| Step 4: The finished roll will look like this. |
Step 5: Reduce the roll. |
Step 6: Square up the reduced roll to a cube shape. |
Step 7: Turn the cube's light end to face you and now roll the cube into a cylinder (the light and dark ends will now become the sides of the roll). Every slice will now have variable colors from light to dark. |
| Step 8: Wrap a layer of the darker of the two main colors around the roll. |
Step 9: Mark four equal parts on the roll and cut one off. |
Step 10: Lengthen the remaining piece a little and cut it into five equal parts. You will now have six rolls as shown. |
Step 11: The finished construction of the flower is shown in this illustration. this should help you to place the pieces together. |
| Step 12: Flatten one of the smaller rolls into a lengthy slice (like a very narrow slice of cake - one end thicker than the other). From now on maintain the light side and the dark side when you build the pieces. |
Step 13:Roll the slice into a spiral with the narrow
end to the inside. |
Step 14: Flatten the spiral a little. It will be the heart of the bud. |
Step 15: You are left with 4 equal size rolls and one larger
roll, marked with an arrow. Compress the large roll to the same height as the smaller
rolls. It will have a larger diameter than the others. |
| Step 16: Shape the larger piece into a teardrop shape. |
Step 17: Attach the narrow side of the teardrop to the squeezed spiral. |
Step 18: Shape one of the smaller rolls into a triangle shape. |
Step 19: Insert the triangle into the construction as show. |
| Step 20: Shape another small piece into a crescent shape as shown. |
Step 21: Add this to the left side of the spiral and triangle. |
Step 22: Shape another small piece as shown. |
Step 23: Put this piece on top of the spiral and push the
narrow edge between the spiral and the top of the teardrop. |
| Step 24: Shape the last roll as shown. You can indent the ends with the skewer if desired. |
Step 25: Attach this piece to the right of the teardrop as shown. This is the end of the rosebud construction. Now we add the sepals. |
Step 26: Make a roll of the dark colored clay you selected for the sepals. |
Step 27: Pinch the roll into a narrow triangle shape. |
| Step 28: Cut 3 or 4 pieces from the triangle. |
Step 29: Attach the pieces to the bottom of the bud as shown. |
Step 30: Use translucent clay to pack around the rosebud forming a circle, and finish with a thin sheet of translucent wrapped around the cane. |
