WEBVTT 00:00:01.437 --> 00:00:10.930 This is the first of five videos that will look at how to make an origami bonsai rose bush. So to begin 00:00:10.930 --> 00:00:18.123 with I went out around the Internet for pictures of bonasai rose bushes. I came up with this one, and 00:00:18.123 --> 00:00:25.472 this one, together the inspiration for the design we're going to look at here now. Get yourself some 20 gauge 00:00:25.472 --> 00:00:37.215 cooper wire, nice and flexible. It does not necessarily need to be cooper. Create a frame. In this case its got three large branches. Wires 00:00:37.215 --> 00:00:45.939 leading off it for flowers and the leaves. And a good bit of extra wire down at the bottom so you can tie it off once 00:00:45.939 --> 00:00:58.915 you've based it in a bowl. So here's another design with a little different looking trunk. Lots of possibilities for trunks. So to start 00:00:58.915 --> 00:01:05.973 get your paper mache gear together, some strips of paper, your frame, and your paper mache glue. The 00:01:05.973 --> 00:01:16.579 glue consists of one part flour, to five parts water. Brought to a boil then let cool before using it. 00:01:16.579 --> 00:01:22.708 Here's the wire frame with the first layer of paper mache applied. 00:01:32.508 --> 00:01:40.844 So build up the paper around the based first. For the first pass there are about six or seven layers 00:01:40.844 --> 00:01:50.548 of paper around the bottom. You don't want to go to thick otherwises its not going to dry. This is what 00:01:50.548 --> 00:01:56.832 it looks like after the first pass. Six or seven layers on the bottom. Four or five for the midsection. 00:01:56.832 --> 00:02:02.346 And, one or two layers for the exterior branches. 00:02:02.346 --> 00:02:08.302 So let it dry, next day come back and you have something that looks like this. Nice and hard ready to 00:02:08.302 --> 00:02:12.314 put another layer of paper mache on it. 00:02:16.191 --> 00:02:20.309 So, get your paper mache glue out of the fridge. You may want to toss it in the microwave to warm it 00:02:20.309 --> 00:02:29.333 up a little bit, but it works just as well cold. Apply some of the paper mache glue to the dried model 00:02:29.333 --> 00:02:45.818 just to soften it up a bit, and then apply another six of seven layers to the bottom section of the trunk. 00:02:45.818 --> 00:02:55.785 [high speed applying paper mache] 00:02:55.785 --> 00:03:04.436 Pay particular attention to the joints of your model, and make sure that they're secured well. 00:03:13.774 --> 00:03:19.356 [applying paper mache to the first joint] 00:03:19.356 --> 00:03:25.546 Work all the bubbles out as best you can. The later layer its not so critical because it will smooth 00:03:25.546 --> 00:03:32.833 out as you apply more layers. So let it dry, come back the next day and you have something that looks like this. In this particular 00:03:32.833 --> 00:03:37.317 case I've probably put too many layers on the bottom so it still a little damp, so I'm going to leave 00:03:37.317 --> 00:03:44.738 it for another day, and experiment with some different roses, in this case a paper rose, with a 10 inch 00:03:44.738 --> 00:03:54.471 piece of paper. This one is a black tissue foil rose. This one turned out quite nice. So, I think I'll go 00:03:54.471 --> 00:03:59.158 with tissue foil for the roses, perhaps red though. 00:04:02.527 --> 00:04:10.989 So, next day, got back, had to add a couple more branches in for leaves. There was a bare space up in 00:04:10.989 --> 00:04:20.777 top corner then applied another layer of paper mache and ended up with something that looks like this. 00:04:23.715 --> 00:04:32.856 So you let that dry for a day, or maybe two, and then you apply the bark. So, this is a fine wood grain 00:04:32.932 --> 00:04:40.115 type paper that I bought at a local paper shop. Soften it up with some water first, get it nice an pliable 00:04:40.115 --> 00:04:55.276 so its easy to mold onto the base of your model. Apply some paper mache glue to the model, again to soften it up 00:05:00.845 --> 00:05:05.775 And, then apply your bark paper. 00:05:20.237 --> 00:05:23.981 So you'll want to make cuts in places where there's a corner so that 00:05:23.981 --> 00:05:34.437 you can wrap the paper around. You'll want to try to keep the overlap of the paper in the back 00:05:34.437 --> 00:05:38.875 where its going to be less noticable. 00:05:43.413 --> 00:05:46.856 And cut off any excess. 00:05:46.856 --> 00:05:52.305 [high speed applying the bark paper] 00:05:52.305 --> 00:05:58.863 So in this case the paper is a little thin. You can see the newsprint, so I'm going to put a second layer 00:05:58.863 --> 00:06:05.598 on. So after the first layer is applied, you let it dry for at least a few hours, maybe a day. 00:06:05.598 --> 00:06:12.773 And then you apply a second layer. 00:06:12.773 --> 00:06:19.120 [high speed applying the second bark layer] 00:07:16.628 --> 00:07:25.197 So once your second layer's applied, work all the bubbles out so that you are not left with little divots 00:07:25.197 --> 99:59:59.999 where that air works its way out. And, that's it. The trunk for your origami bonsai rose bush.