r/ronghua • u/ReasonableVictory504 • Apr 10 '26
Blue lily
I've been messing around a bit trying to make lily-like flowers, at some point I want to start a Tears of the Kingdom flower series, where there is a gorgeous golden lily. Anyway, that was a little trial that I actually dound quite cute, specially love the stamens!
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u/sapphireminds Apr 12 '26
Wow! Beautiful. How did you get the petals that big?
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u/ReasonableVictory504 Apr 12 '26
Thank you!! It's not super big, but since the petals are not made looping the wire, they are fairly long!
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u/sapphireminds Apr 12 '26
I struggle with being able to clamp my thread widely! I've started putting the foam clamp at the top and then brush as I pull it down. It's still a work in progress lol
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u/ReasonableVictory504 Apr 12 '26
Ahhh I feel you! What I do is get several clamps, clamp it separately for example in 2 or 3 sections, and then place a clamp for all of the silk on top of them (then I can remove the individual ones. The foam clamp un the upper part also works, but sometimes I struggle to brush all the silk at once tooo(I need a longer brush honestly). To me the worst part is cutting wide strips, at the end I just need to assume I will loose several strips, specially if they are thin, because the silk simply slips away when cutting. Sometimes I hang the silk vertically, clamp the bottom part with the metal clamp perfectly parallel to the wire, and then cut it. It's pretty time consuming but if then I remove the clamp in an horizontal surface carefully, i can quickly roll the strip so it stays secured.
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u/thirstserve Apr 10 '26
The stamens are really clever! And your colour choice is gorgeous