Sisal is a natural natural material, a hard fiber made from the leaves of a deserted agave plant. This fiber is twisted by strong ropes, ropes. Painted with bright colors, it is also used in floristry for decoration of flower compositions. Buy from Izal can be found in online stores and in flower shops.
Topiary - a popular kind of needlework, an artificial tree, created for decorating the interior of a variety of materials. Very popular are the topiary of artificial flowers, coffee beans, laurel leaves, not only decorating, but also flavoring the room. Also make a topiary from sisal. A master class on making such an ornamental tree is easy to find in magazines on needlework. Waiting for the New Year I want to make some original festive decoration of the room or an unusual gift to a friend. New Year's topiari sisal in the form of a Christmas tree or a fluffy "fairy" plant is perfect for these purposes. To create such a "miracle" is quite easy, the materials for its production are very simple.
How to make a topiary from sisal? We prepare a sisal fiber of white color, well ground and dyed with a white paint of a twig of wood, a ball-base of foam plastic or plastic (in online stores they sell such blanks for Christmas-tree toys), a nice pot or any other object that replaces it (for example, a glass vase A leg for sweets, an original candlestick, finally, a children's old boot, etc.). Still need a building plaster, a transparent glue "Moment" or PVA, silver beads, decorative snowflakes, satin ribbons, better red, and everything that is suitable as a New Year's decor. Topiary sisal begin to make from the crown. The fiber is fluffed, smoothed with a brush and spun in the form of a tangled ball, slightly fixed and dumped to get a twisted bun. Such koloboks need to be made so that they densely cover the entire surface of the ball-base. We glue them one by one over the entire area of the ball. You should get a round crown of a fantastic tree, as if covered with snow. We firmly put this crown on the branch-trunk and fix it with glue. Then we dilute the gypsum with water, pour the mixture into the prepared pot, insert the rod-stem into the center and wait for the gypsum to freeze. The main work is finished. Now the topiary of sisal is decorated with different beads, snowflakes and ribbons, turning it into a real work of art.
Let's try to make a topiary from sisal in the form of a Christmas tree. To do this, the fiber is disassembled into threads, aligned and cut into segments of at least 15-20 cm in length. You can also use a sisal rope, disassembling it into separate strands. To herringbone turned out to be fluffy, such blanks will take a lot. Now take the average thickness of the metal wire, cut off from it a piece, equal in length to the double height of the future Christmas tree, plus 10 cm, under the base. Fold the wire piece in half and lay between its two ends sisal threads cut (see the picture). While holding the wire on one side, we press the other two loose ends with pliers and begin to twist it with a tight spiral. At the same time we tighten the sisal filaments with twisted wire in the center. We should get a fluffy roller, similar to a brush for washing bottles. Then we straighten our Christmas tree, swell and cut it with a cone. It remains only to fix it in the stand with the help of plaster, tint the tips with white paint and decorate. That's how you can make a topiary from sisal to the New Year's holiday.