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Making Unwired Gumpaste Tulips





Here's a quick method to glue unwired tulip petals together using melted chocolate. The centers on these are wired, but it saves time when you don't have to do wires in each individual petal.


Remember that the petals on these flowers can't be adjusted once the chocolate dries, so make sure that they're in the position that you want them to be in while they're still wet!

First, make the center stamens on a wire. (You can do these without the wires, to tell the truth, so I'll do another tutorial on that method later.) You'll need to have three larger tulip petals and three smaller ones that have been shaped and dried.


Next, take the center and put it through a piece of waxed paper that's about 3" square.

Take some melted chocolate and pipe it around the base of the center. You can use the same color as the tulip petals, or make it green as a contract. Since the stem is green any color that peeks through when the flower is done won't seem out of place.


Using the three larger petals, place them around the center with the ends stuck into the chocolate.



Pipe some more chocolate dots on the three parts where the petals meet, right up against the center wire.

Take the smaller petals and place them on the chocolate dots, overlapping the areas where the three larger petals connect.



Take the tulip and carefully put it in an egg carton or another curved former that will hold the petals upright while the chocolate cools off. The shape that it dries in will be that shape when it's done so make sure you arrange the petals more open or more closed depending on what you want them to look like.


The final flower looks like this. Very nice, and it avoids the time involved with wiring all the individual petals.

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Here is a tutorial on how to make a gumpaste tulip

Supplies you will need:
- gumpaste
- tulip cutter
- floral wire (22 guage and 26 guage)
- wire cutters
- grooved cel board
- veining mat/tool
- thin foam
- rolling pin
- chocolate egg mold (for drying the petals)
- lily stamens (I used Wilton)
- tweezers
- petal dusts in desired colours
- vegetable shortening
- cornstarch
- styrofoam block (to hold stamens for drying)See more
Using your wire cutters, cut enough wire for 1 pistil and 6 petals. I used 22 guage for the pistil and I cut all my wires approximately 7 inch long because I wanted to display my tulip in a glass. If you are using your tulip in arrangement on a cake cut your wires shorter (approx. 4 inch). For my 6 petals I used 26 guage white wire.
Make your pistil first. Using a small amount of white gumpaste roll out a sausage leaving one end slightly thicker.

Insert your 22 guage wire. Your pistil should be about half the length of your petals. Trim off any excess paste to make in the right size.

Using a pair of tweezers pinch the round end of the pistil into three sections.

Your pistil should look like this. Place the wire in a styrofoam block to dry overnight.

Roll out your gumpaste on the grooved cell board to approximately 1/16 inch (1-2 mm) thick. Cut out the tulip petal making sure to center the groove on the petal.

Using 26 guage wire, insert the wire into the petal. Then place on the veining mat. If you have a proper tulip veiner use that.

Use a thin foam to gentle impress the veins. Flip the petal over and repeat.

Using your ball tool, thin the edges of the petal. The more you thin the more ruffled your petal will be.

Place the petal in a chocolate egg mold that has been lightly dusted with cornstarch to dry overnight.

Using light green petal dust, dust the stamens stems.

Brush the tops of the stamens with gum glue or piping gel and then roll them in yellow petal dust. This will make them look powdery with pollen.

When your pistil is dry, dust it with a combination of cream and yellow petal dust on the top, and light green on the bottom.

Using floral tape, attach the stamens to the pistil. The stamens should be slightly lower than the pistil.

Dust the dried petals with a combination of cream and yellow petal dust on the bottom portion of the petal closest to the wire. Add just a touch of light green to the bottom edge.
Note: If you make your petals out of coloured gumpaste you don’t necessarily have to use petal dusts.

Using a separate brush and some pink petal dust, colour the rest of the petal (on both sides).

Using floral tape attach 3 petals around the tulip center.

Then attach the next 3 petals in the spaces between the first three petals.

Your finished tulip should look like this. I hope you all give this a try!

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The petals, pistil and stamens need to be in proportion to eachother. For the petals I am using an oval cutter 2 1/2" long by 1 1/4" wide. The pistil starts at the base of the petals and is about half the height of the petal. The stamens are a little shorter than the pistil and are bent away from it. A real tulip below.

1. The stamens. Make 6. Cut six 3" pieces of #32 white covered wire. Bend the wire over about 3/4" as shown in the photo below. Moisten this part with egg white or gum glue and dip in something like corn meal to resemble pollen. (I used a mixture of gelatin powder and yellow petal dust.) Let dry.
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3. The pistil. Cut a length of #18 covered wire. This will be the actual stem of the tulip. Colour some gum paste a very light green. Moisten the end of the wire and work the paste to cover the top 2 1/2" of the wire. Pinch the top of the paste into three, as in the photo. Leave upright to dry.
   
4. This photo is of my oval cutter and the pistil.
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6. Petals. Make 6, three should be slightly narrower. Colour some gumpaste the shade you want your tulips. Roll out thinly on a grooved board
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8. Turn paste over and cut out petal. Moisten the end of a 4" length of #28 covered wire and push into the raised portion of the petal.
9. Tool the petal to thin out the top edge.
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11. Vein each petal. I have an Aldeval tulip veiner which works well.
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13. Make at least one extra large and small petal in case of breakage. So for one tulip make 4 large and 4 small petals. Gently push petals into a dessert spoon and leave to dry at least overnight.

Next I dusted the petals with a slightly darker red, just enough to bring out the veins. I also brushed a little black at the base. It's easier to dust before the tulip is assembled.

Use green florist tape to tape the six stamens to the pistil;

1. Tape the 3 smaller petals evenly around, to the base of the pistil. Tape each one separately so that they will stay in place and not slide around.
2. Tape the 3 larger petals in between the smaller ones evenly around to the base of the pistil;
3. You may want to add another one or two lengths of #18 wire to the stem to make it more like a tulip stem which is fairly thick. This is the finished tulip, dusted and steamed.
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Leaves

I rolled out a large piece of green paste and cut out the leaves freehand. You should leave a thicker piece from the base of the leaf about one third of the way up the middle to hold a wire. I also veined the leaves with my yellow rolling cutter, and the edge of a knife. Just don't press hard enough to cut the paste. Dry on crinkled tinfoil to give the leaves some movement. Dust and steam.