Wednesday, March 7, 2012

Dollhouse Miniature Flower - Ranunculus in 1:12 Dollhouse Miniature Scale

I probably have been mentioning my sweet friend Jacqueline a lot in my blog these days, but I continue to be inspired and get to learn new things from her. Just the other day, she mentioned the word Ranunculus to me. I asked, "What's that?" And off I went to google.

When I found out what it was, I was extremely excited and happy - because I've been trying to find out the name of this beautiful flower for the longest time...Having seen it in real life, I marveled at the colours, and admire how tightly the petals remain close to each other. I have always thought it was just one of the roses species, but all thanks to my sweet friend, I now know the proper name for this! :) Armed with this new word, I went wild searching for some photos of it.

While researching, I saw one of my favourite blogger and photographer, Polina of Beautyspot talked about this beautiful flower here

If I understood the translated page properly, it did seems that ranunculus is also expensive even in Russia. It can go up to 7 or 8 USD per stalk! I know the flower shop in my neighbourhood doesn't carry this flower since there really is no demand for it. Out of curiosity, I did check with an upscale florist shop in town, and found out that they are selling each stalk of ranunculus for about S$4.50 to S$5.00, and they do require a minimum order of 5 stalks. I am still thinking...and am going to do more research. I'm interested to get a stalk or two, to brighten up my day, to study the petals and admire their beauty...

I was so drawn with the colours in Polina's photo that I tried creating it in 1:12 dollhouse miniature scale.

The characteristics of this flower is that it has dense layers of tissue like petals, which is a new challenge to replicate into dollhouse miniature scale.

I hope this resembles a pink ranunculus...somehow....

My favourite flower now....:)

And this is especially dedicated to Jacqueline and Polina....thank you for inspiring me....





10 comments:

  1. Esta preciosa,parece de verdad,enhorabuena.

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  2. Very elegant. Great work.
    Hugs from Craftland

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  3. You did a wonderful job! I love ranunculus. I tried to grow some last year...but none came up. Their colors and rose-like appearance are breathtaking. Well done! ; )
    ~Michele

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  4. Very beautiful this flower! Really fall in love with the man who he sees! I do not want to believe that it is not the real flower is on the chair! PERFECT!!
    Anda

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  5. Is is mini? It's wonderful and I love the true ones too.

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  6. Oh Dear!! you have capture the true beauty of this flower in your work. BEAUTIFUL JOB!
    Hugs, Marisa

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  7. Dearest sweet Pei li, you crafted a beautiful Ranunculus. And this little post made me a little teary...it's always such joy and inspiration to share ideas and thoughts with you. Thanks so much for the mention and the dedicated! I CANNOT wait for you to craft a bouquet of ranunculus for my Coco's little kitchen. Have a beautiful day and love to you!

    jacqueline
    http://jqlinesocuteithurts.typepad.com/

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  8. Oh my, you are my master... :D

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