rose with gold butterfly attached

ryg - Monday, April 20, 2009 - 6:35pm

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this rose came out nice. The butterfly is soldered on and then gold leafed for nice little accent!

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rose and butterfly

lin - Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 9:45am

Nice rose, Ryg, I really like the butterfly, it makes the rose much more special! Lin

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the butterfly adds more life

ryg - Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 10:41am

the butterfly adds more life to the rose. i plan on making more floral stuff and adding different insects to the pieces since this one worked well with the flower.

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That's a very nice rose,

Rich Waugh - Tuesday, April 21, 2009 - 9:17pm

That's a very nice rose, Ryg. The butterfly is a nice accent, too.

It has been my observaton that almost all rose leaves have serrated edges, rather than smooth. While it certainly takes a bit more time to cut/file the serrated edges, I think it would add to the overall effect in a positive way.

What did you use for the stem?

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rose

ryg - Wednesday, April 22, 2009 - 10:39am

thanks for the tip Rich! That does make sense. I used 1/4 inch copper tubing from the local hardware for the stem. It works great. just solder it to the base and you are all set.

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