I promised more tulip pictures and here they are! I managed to arrange a little photoshoot in our barn today which, it turns out, has the most gorgeous light and very chic peeling plaster walls which made the tulips look like real primadonnas in my humble opinion!

Tomorrow these and their fellow tulips (I have made seven all in all) will be delivered at their future home and I am so excited to see them in their vase!

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I don't often take commissions for paper flowers, but when asked to make an arrangement of tulips for a real 18th century chinese tulip vase I said yes and double yes!

I went into this with a "how hard can it be" approach, and it turned out it could be quite hard but not impossible. After various experiments with different kinds of paper I settled for Gloria doublette for the petals and cartotecnica rossi 180g for leaves and other details. Then followed colouring experiments, and a lot of trials for the shape of pistil, stamens and petals.

I looked at 18th C paintings of tulips for inspiration, and as a little nod to Memento Mori I made a withered tulip as well which is the one being made in these photos. More pictures to come, I promise!

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