Roses made from mastic

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 10 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to make roses from mastic? Prepare the necessary material and tools. Mastic is used ready-made, but homemade mastic is also suitable. It is better to take corn starch; it will not shine on the finished product.

2. STEP 2

   

   Tear off a piece of mastic and knead it well. If the mastic is sticky, sprinkle your hands with starch. My mastic didn’t stick at all, I didn’t need it. Also sprinkle the board with starch. Using a rolling pin, roll out the mastic into a thin layer, about 2 mm thick. Do not roll it out too thin, the mastic may break during modeling.

3. STEP 3

   

   Take suitable round cuttings. It can be anything, for example, I took a nozzle for a cooking bag and a toothpick package. The main thing is that they are of different sizes - one is slightly smaller than the other. I have sizes 3 and 3.5 cm. Depending on the size of the cuttings, you will have large or small roses. Use them to cut out 4 small circles and 5 large ones.

4. STEP 4

   

   Start forming petals. To do this, crumple the very edge of each circle with your fingers, as if thinning it and giving it waviness. Make movements with your fingers as if you were making dumplings. Make a thin edge only on 2/3 of the perimeter of the circle, leave 1/3 untouched. Do this with all the circles - both large and small. Leave the pieces to sit for about 10 minutes so that the mastic “sets” a little.

5. STEP 5

   

   Make a central bud from scraps of mastic. To do this, roll a small ball and then make a cone-shaped bud out of it. It should be 2/3 of the height of the small circle.

6. STEP 6

   

   Next, take one small circle and with a brush dipped in water, lubricate the part from below that was left thick. Wrap the circle around the bud blank so that its ends overlap at the top. The wetted part of the petal should stick well to the bud. But do not overdo it with water - lubricate with a very small amount.

7. STEP 7

   

   Then brush the remaining small circles with water in the same way. Take the first one and apply it to the bud with the thick, greased side down. Press the petal on one side only, the left. Take the second petal and insert it between the bud and the first petal so that the second one starts from the middle of the first. Press it in the same way only on the left. Also attach the third petal, it will need to be attached completely.

8. STEP 8

   

   Now take large circles and, also moistening them with water along the thick edge, wrap them around the flower. do this in the same way as for small ones - insert the next petal between the bud and the previous one, starting from the middle of the petal. Stick the last petal completely. This is the preparation you will get. You can use more circles to get a lush rose.

9. STEP 9

   

   Insert a toothpick into the bottom of the rose, but be careful not to let it come out.

10. STEP 10

    

    Twist the petals at the top with your fingers, giving them a beautiful bend.

11. STEP 11

    

    Stick a toothpick with a rose into the foam and leave to harden completely. While the mastic is not completely dry, you can change the shape of the petals as you like. But then be careful - the mastic will become brittle.

12. STEP 12

    

    I also made additional leaves from green mastic and glued them to the bottom of the flower. To prevent them from falling off when drying, I crumpled the foil, made a small depression in the middle and laid the roses on it. So the leaves did not fall and remained on top. You can put the finished roses in a container and store them in a dry place.

Comments on the recipe

Regina

16.10.2023

4.6

Wow! I haven't tried this for a long time! I always had to follow this recipe:

Esenija

16.10.2023

4.9

great roses... that's what... but I haven't made roses from mastic yet

Ira

16.10.2023

4.6

Oh, what roses! Indescribable beauty! Thank you very much for the master class, I hope someday I’ll get to sculpting different beauties from mastic, but for now I’m just admiring yours. Thank you very much for the recipe!