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| Colorful flowers $5.00 ea. |
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| Christmas wreath with paper flower |
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| Five petal red flower $5.00
The technique is called Kusudama. The size of the paper square, determines the flower to be big or very small.
I made dozens of flowers, but did not really know what to do with them until I took an old straw hat, cut off the brim and inserted the crown inside out.
I used a hot glue gun and started adding flowers in all sizes around the brim and hang the finished design on my main door.
It has been hanging there for months, and the paper has faded a bit. One evening I opened the door with the intention to remove the hat and replace the old flowers with new ones, BUT to my great surprise a Carolina Wren flew passed my face into my living room. Pepito el del Sombrero (his name could be the title for a Spanish Zarzuela) has been sleeping in the hat. He tucks his head under his wing, all you see is a round feather ball.
Pepito arrives at sundown and leaves at sunrise. He has not made a nest, the straw of the hat and the paper flowers keep him warm. I cannot open the entrance door to receive my guests, they have to come through my garage!
I am curious to know what Pepito's intentions are for the future, I hope he finds a mate and builds a real nest somewhere else, or not?
In the mean time I have a basket full of flowers, but I have not come up with other creative uses...
Any suggestions? You see, they are pointed on the back...
Up-Side down paper flower
My next post will tell you about my Christmas ornaments, inspired by a workshop I attended last summer at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation.
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