These are morning glory flowers which I made of crepe paper set in a paper vase. (I placed it by a small clay sculpture which I created many years ago.)
Below are the steps I took to design the paper vase. My aim was to create a surface with curvatures that will capture the light in various shades.
I penciled the design of the vase facets on watercolor paper. The base of the vase will be thicker than the top so as to prevent it from toppling over from the wight of the flower stems (which are made of wire.)
I penciled in a curved design over the facets. To minimize cutting and glueing the individual pieces, I plan to score the paper along the curved lines.
Once the design is scored I creased it and lifted parts of it to curve them away from the surface.
I rolled the sheet of paper and glued the left edge over the right along the curved line, so there would be no visible 'seam' in the finished vase. I fastened the glued areas temporarily with paper clips until the glue has set
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