Ever-gold garlands
Like spinning gold: see how to craft a gorgeously glowing brass leaf wreath
The leaves of this everlasting wreath are cut from brass foil. It’s easy to shape them with scissors and pliers. See the instructions from Finnish blogger Katja Rinkinen and get inspired!
Brass leaf wreath—materials:
40 × 50 cm (about 16 × 20 in) brass foil, thickness 0.1 mm
scissors
long, smooth pliers
hole punch pliers for 1 mm or 1.5 mm holes
1 spool of brass wire, thickness 0.3 mm
glass beads
a wreath base or metal ring with a diameter of 30 cm (about 12 in)
gold paint, for example Liberon Gilt Varnish
Brass leaf wreath—instructions:
- Use scissors to cut the brass foil into strips about 4–6 cm (about 1.5–2.5 in) wide. Then cut the strips into various triangular pieces. Trim the triangles into any leaf shape you like.
- Bend a fold down the center of each leaf with smooth pliers. Move the pliers 1 mm and fold again next to the first fold. This forms the leaf vein. Gently shape the leaves with your fingers to resemble real leaves. Use hole punch pliers to make two small vertical holes at the base of each leaf. Press the pliers to flatten the sharp edges around the holes.
- Cut a piece of brass wire about 80 cm (about 31.5 in) long, fold it in half, and thread it through both holes of the leaf. Twist the wire under the leaf. Press it flat with pliers at the leaf’s base so it won’t wobble. Keep adding leaves to the same wire to create a vine. Occasionally incorporate new wires so the stem thickens a bit. Thread in 3–5 glass beads at a time. Make a few branching strands of different lengths using the same method.
- Paint the metal ring with gold paint and let it dry. Then wrap the leaf vines around the wreath base and attach them with brass wire.
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