The Daisy

What you need:

gum paste

egg white or edible glue

yellow paste color

apple green dust color

24 g wire

Floral tape

Daisy cutter

Foam pad

Rolling pin

Ball tool

Needle tool

Tulle

Roll a little ball with yellow gum paste. Imprint with tulle

Insert a hooked wire brushed with egg white or edible glue

Insert in styrofoam to dry and let set for 24 hours

Dust base with yellow and apple green 

Roll out white dough and cut with daisy cutter

Repeat for the second row

Take one (cover the other with a plastic bag) and thin petals using ball tool

Mark 2 indentation on each petal with needle tool or a toothpick

Repeat with the second row

Brush center of first row of petals with egg white. Put the second row on the first, as shown in the picture. Rotate slightly the petals so that the upper petal rest on the space between two petals of the first row

Brush again centre with egg white 

Take the dried yellow ball and insert wire in the middle of both petal rows, turn upside down and press against the base of the ball

 

Cover a glass with aluminium foil and insert daisy to dry for about 24 hours

Finished daisy

For a more realistic bouquet, make a few open daisies and a few half closed…

Just hang them and let them dry upside down.

Copyright © 2008 - Present Year
By Carla Gennusa the author of the above work