Roll paste thinly and cut out a single petal with the cutter. Put petal on a petal pad and use a ball tool to thin the edges of the petal. Brush tylose glue all over egg and lay it down on the petal.
Wrap the petal tightly around the top of the egg (cone), tucking the sharp end of the petal in first, then pulling the wide end around so that there is a tiny hole at the top. The styrofoam must not be visible through this hole.
This is the FIRST ROW of petals.
Next, roll paste and using the Jem “Easy Rose” 100mm cutter cut one set of petals and ball the edges to thin.
Transfer petal to a thin foam pad. Apply glue to the left hand edge of each petal, from top to bottom. Add a little glue to the centre also.
Feed wire down through centre of the petals and foam.
Take the petal furthest away from you and attach it to the cone along its glued side…
then skip the next petal (working clockwise), and attach the third petal in the same way- you should have something that looks like this:
Tuck the ends of the petals around one another to form an “S” shaped spiral.
Then take the remaining petals and attach them (evenly spaced) in turn around the cone- when finished, the petals should look a bit like the blades of a ceiling fan.
Spiral the petals around the cone, at this stage you can turn the unglued edge back behind itself slightly if desired.
This makes up the SECOND and THIRD row of petals and is at this point a BUD rose.
For the FOURTH row of petals, use the 110mm cutter to cut out petals, ball to thin the edge, then flip over and use a cocktail stick to roll the edges of the petal back slightly towards the middle of the edge of the petal.
Then, flip back onto the foam square, and place on top of petal pad. Use ball tool to make a”bowl” at the base of each petal…
