An introduction to the 4 main techniques applied to the creation of each of our ribbon floral arrangements.
Unlike most of on-market artificial flower arrangements constituted of machine-hot pressed parts with same looks, sizes, gloss and colors, every part of our work, petals, leaves, stems and twigs is purely hand crafted from fine-selected materials, like ribbons from AIYOMA-Ribbon, Japan, to present not only unique and lifelike appearance but also the creator’s emotion, perception and intention. That is why we call our creation the art of Ribbon Flower Arranging.
Below is a demonstration of the 4 skills.
Twisting
Focused on the importance of fabric’s humidity control. Too dry, the fabric won’t generate veins of flower or leaf. Too wet, veins won’t expand as expected.
Drawing
Using the friction between swab and fabric to generate veins on the surface of petal or leaf. The difficulty is, if the fabric is too dry, the friction doesn’t produce nature-like veins, and too wet, veins blur as a result.
Ironing
The level of ironing strength depends on materials treated, that decide the look of shaped petal or leaves.
Cutting
The skill seems to be the easiest one among the 4 skills, contrarily, it is the most difficult skill to learn and practice. Due to the different tissue structures of fabrics, it is not easy to apply paste evenly and smoothly onto the surface of fabric. In that sense, we have to brush dirt or any impurities off the surface to reach expected gluing effect.
Note
Any fabric treated has only one shot to be shaped. Once failure, the fabric can’t be reshaped again and totally useless because the tissue structure is destroyed.
