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Looking for the perfect gift, centerpiece, or rainy-day craft? Creating a lifelike paper flower is easier than you think. In this video, botanical artist Emily Paluska shares a step-by-step tutorial to help beginners make paper poppies, with tips on the best paper, glue, and other supplies for the job. Continue your paper flower journey with tutorials on peonies, cherry blossoms, greenery, and arrangements in Paluska's full Skillshare Original course, Papercraft Flowers: Beautiful, Lifelike Florals Anyone Can Make: skl.sh/2PMw8La
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QUICK JUMP MENU
00:00 Meet Emily Paluska
00:22 Building the Center of the Flower
01:19 Thickening the Poppy Stem
02:08 Painting the Center
02:48 Using Floral Tape to Create a Pollen Look
6:11 Creating the Stamens
08:14 Generating a Fringed Look
09:30 Attaching the Stamen to the Center
11:11 Creating the Petals
13:12 How to Add Pastels
14:04 Shaping the Petal
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ABOUT THE CLASS
Join artisan Emily Paluska in this stunning and delightful class all about how to make paper flowers-and about the power of creativity in your daily life.
Emily found papercrafting after the birth of her first child. Postpartum depression made her feel like she was disappearing, and creating something every day was one of the many ways she worked toward feeling whole. Emily shares her story, her insights, and her perspective on creativity and life with refreshing candor and uplifting humor, all while teaching fundamental papercrafting skills.
With Emily’s lighthearted and approachable teaching style, you’ll learn how to:
- Choose the right paper and supplies for your flowers
- Create stems, leaves, and other greenery
- Create realistic pollen and stamens
- Fold and manipulate paper until it looks like a real life petal
Emily will teach you how to make a variety of flowers, plus some easy greenery, and by the end of the class you’ll have an undying bouquet you can display for yourself or give as a gift. You’ll also have a new method of self-expression and a meditative crafting hobby to enjoy over and over!
Take the class here: skl.sh/2PMw8La
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ABOUT EMILY PALUSKA
Emily Paluska is a botanical artist and educator living and working in Washington, DC. She has always loved all things botanical but couldn't keep a plant alive to save her life, and she came to paper flowers in an unusual way.
In Emily's words, "After the birth of my oldest child, I was desperate for an outlet that had nothing to do with my new role as a mother. I was merely existing and flailing in the depths of postpartum depression. In my darkest hour, I needed something to hold onto and making paper flowers in the floor of a nursery ended up being it. I made a paper flower every day for a year. It became a ritual. The ultimate self care. I had finally found light amongst the darkness."
Find Emily's teacher profile on Skillshare: skl.sh/3emYMg6
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You don't have to be a professional florist to express yourself with fresh blooms. Spencer Falls proves it in Everyday Flowers: Simple, Stunning Arrangements for Any Occasion, a Skillshare Original that guides beginners through building a beautiful bouquet: skl.sh/3quIunE
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