Artificial flowers and imitations of natural
flowers are sometimes made for scientific
purposes (as the collection of glass flowers at Harvard University,
which illustrates the flora of the United States), but more often as
articles of decoration and ornament.
A large variety of materials have been used in their manufacture by
different peoples at different times - painted linen and shavings of
stained horn by the Egyptians, gold and silver by the Romans, rice-paper
by the Chinese, silkworm cocoons in Italy, the plumage of highly colored
birds in South America, wax, small tinted shells. More recent production
methods use carved or formed soap, nylon netting stretched over wire
frames, ground clay and mass produced injection plastic mouldings.
The industry is now a highly specialized one with several different
manufacturing processes used.
Cloth and Paper Flowers
Paper flowersFive main processes may be distinguished:
The first step consists of putting the fabric in gelatine in order to
stiffen it.
The second consists of cutting up the various fabrics and materials
employed into shapes suitable for forming the leaves, petals, etc.; this
may be done by Scissors, but more often stamps are employed which will cut
through a dozen or more thicknesses at one blow.
The veins of the leaves are next impressed by means of a die, and the
petals are given their natural rounded forms by goffering irons of various
shapes.
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American Canyon Flowers & More
102 Antonina Ave, American Canyon, CA 707 647-3106
Fairfield Flowers
Fairfield, CA 707 425-7399
Flowerland
2416 Magowan Dr, Santa Rosa, CA 707 542-5008
Flowes By Karine
927 Golf Course Dr, Rohnert Park, CA 707 585-7508
Freeze Dried Product Group
216 Monterey St, Vallejo, CA 707 554-4928
Grohe Florists
8750 Old Redwood Hwy, Windsor, CA 707 837-7366
Michaels Stores
105 Plaza Dr, Vallejo, CA 707 552-0165
1310 Gateway Blvd, Fairfield, CA 707 421-2822
1051 Helen Power Dr, Vacaville, CA 707 446-1991
1359 N Mcdowell Blvd, Petaluma, CA 707 766-9418
2775 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, CA 707 591-9382
400 Las Gallinas Ave, San Rafael, CA 415 446-7390
Napa Florist
Napa, CA 707 224-1540
Novato Flowers
Novato, CA 415 883-0378
Rose Florist & Gift Shop
1818 Texas St, Fairfield, CA 707 422-7181
http://www.rosefloristandgifts.com/
Silk Etc Floral Supply Co
321 Greenmont Dr, Vallejo, CA 707 644-1027
Silk Gardens Floral Wholesale
3440 Industrial Dr, Santa Rosa, CA 707 578-0215
Stella's Flowers
1553 S Novato Blvd # E, Novato, CA 415 898-3533
Vallejo Florist
Vallejo, CA 707 552-5003
Vanessa's Arts & Crafts Outlet
215 Marina Ctr, Suisun City, CA 707 427-2799
Winding Rose Florist & Gifts
52 Mission Cir # 124, Santa Rosa, CA 707 539-7673 |
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The next step is to assemble the petals and other parts of the flower,
which is built up from the center outwards;
The fifth is to mount the flower on a stalk formed of brass or iron wire
wrapped round with suitably colored material, and to fasten on the leaves
required to complete the spray.
Origami methods may also be used to produce paper or cloth flowers.
Soap Flowers
Two methods are used:
A bar with layered colored soap is mounted in a lathe and a chisel is used
to create circular grooves. This is the carved form of soap flowers, the
finished flower is very symmetric and regular, but the flowers are not
identical and thus hand made.
An oil-less soap is milled to a powder, water is added and the paste is
used as a modelling material. Stamps and rollers are used to emboss leaf
and petal textures onto the soap. This is a very expensive, labour
intensive process which requires huge skills and patience.
By the time of this writing there is only one known manufacturer, selling
their products under the brand names of DecoSoap - Soap-Porri in Europe
and Soap-Porri in the United States.
Clay flowers are clay dried and ground to a powder, water is added and
colouring and the finished paste used as a modeling paste. Someone then
models the flowers, and the process is almost complete.
Plastic Flowers
Mass manufactured injection moulding is used, the plastic is injected into
a preformed metal die resulting is identical flowers in high volumes.
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