Since the development of man, when he began to actively use his hands in labor activity, the results of his labors became more and more complex, more perfect and more beautiful. At first, the purpose of making this or that thing was purely practical; later we began to make objects of art just like that, for aesthetic pleasure, without any hidden use for them.

Forged metal products have always been valued and admired. This is also due to the fact that looking at a high-quality forged item, we involuntarily imagine what a huge amount of work was done. After all, metal is metal and it is not as malleable as, say, wood.

DIY metal rose forging

Artistic forging of rose metal can be done either from a solid sheet of metal (which is more difficult to perform) or from components. The second option will be considered here. The whole rose will consist of four elements:

a stem, which will be imitated by a thin iron rod;
metal leaves on the stem;
stars at the base of the bud;
three four-leaf shapes cut from a sheet of metal.

Forging a rose from metal, process

Naturally, artistic forging metal roses, and indeed any work of this kind begins with a drawing of the future product. The principle by which the clover-shaped elements presented below will be cut is that they will be of different sizes, depending on the size of the planned product. If we correspond to the average natural size of a rose, then the first part will be about 80 millimeters, the second 90, and the third 100.

First you need to find thin metal sheets with a thickness of approximately 1 to 1.5 mm. Then make markings of the shape shown in the photo, corresponding to the above dimensions.

You can cut it with a plasma cutter; if you don’t have one, then use either metal scissors (if the sheet lends itself) or carefully cut it out by welding. It is preferable to cut with scissors and choose a sheet of metal that is soft enough for this, this will guarantee the accuracy of the cut.

After cutting out the elements, their edges must be cleaned. This can be done using a grinder. The end result should be a shape like this.
On the left is the element after cutting with a plasma cutter, and on the right after cleaning the edges (with a grinder disk).
The asterisk must be marked on the same sheet. Its diameter will correspond to the largest size of the element, i.e. 100 millimeters. It will look like this.
The next step is to stamp the texture of the petals using this hammer.
It turns out that this is the surface on the edges of future petals.
Now we have come to the most crucial moment. At this stage, the bowl shape of the cut out elements is formed. This is achieved using a special shape and a rounded hammer.
Due to the fact that the elements different sizes, the smaller one should fit freely into the larger one.
Now the most interesting and creative part of the work: Shaping the petals by bending them. To do this, you need to heat the workpiece and use a hammer or tongs to shape the future rose.
The final part of the work will consist of bending the base (star) and painting it in the color you want after the product has cooled.

Photo finished products various forms and configurations

In order to decide on the shape, size, and color of the future product, it would be a good idea to look at how other people make forged roses. They may differ in color, be quite dull or, on the contrary, very bright.

For example, this one is made in bronze color with rather large petals.

This forged rose is the exact opposite of the previous one. She has a huge bright red bud on a neat, thin gilded stem. Looks great.

You can make a rose on a solid round stand, as in the next photo.

The stand can also be made with a recess, in the shape of a plate, so that you can put small things there.
The gilded color of the forged rose is perfect for a gift. Complete with it you can make a stand for a rose.
The bronze color of the rose will perfectly decorate the living room.
Forged candlestick, which is decorated with a bronze rose.
A gilded bronze color would also be an unusual solution.
The stand may not be solid, but in the form of a twisted rod. Looks good too.
Very original idea. A wide twisted rod at the base of the rose with an abrasive pattern on it.
This type of rose imitates a rose just beginning to fade, thanks to the petals hanging down to the ground at the base.

Everyone knows that metal is very a rough instrument, from which, as many people think, it will be very, very difficult to create something elegant and subtle! But, in fact, if you have the desire and suitable tools, you can even create from ordinary metal graceful flower, for example, a rose! The bud of this flower will turn out to be very beautiful, textured and lush, and will closely resemble its natural prototype. The created metal flower will even contain metal spikes, which will not be difficult to create. You just need to know some specific subtleties and tricks for working with steel.

Necessary tools and materials to create a metal rose:

- steel thin sheets;

— manual coffee grinder;

— steel rod, 0.6 millimeters and 38 centimeters long;

- hammer;

- pliers;

- a hammer with a very well sharpened edge;

- acetylene burner;

— tig for manual arc welding.

First stage.

Before you start creating a metal rose, you need to create a template of all its constituent elements from paper.

— The very first layer of the rose will be a small bud with three petals. Its diameter should be 7 centimeters.

— The second layer will consist of five petals, the diameter of which should be 9.6 centimeters.

— The third layer of petals will consist of five units with a total diameter of 12 centimeters.

— The fourth and fifth layers will consist of six petals with a circle diameter of 14.4 centimeters.

— The final layer of petals will be five identical petals with a diameter of 9.6 centimeters.

These blanks must be cut out of thick paper.

Second stage.

Then you need to attach all the prepared templates to a metal sheet and transfer them using chalk or soap. In order to use the material most economically, the templates need to be applied close to each other.

Third stage.

The next step is to cut out each tier of rose flowers. The remaining trimmings after cutting at this stage There is no need to throw away the work just yet. Such metal scraps will be needed to create flower leaves. Then in the center of each of the resulting blanks you will need to create holes with a diameter of 0.6 centimeters. These holes are necessary in order to string the workpieces onto the stem.

Fourth stage.

After plasma cutting is complete, there may be some scale left on the edges of the workpiece that will need to be removed. For this purpose, the components of the flower will need to be passed through a small section of a hand-held coffee grinder.

Fifth stage.

The next step is the process of forming the rose flower. The first two tiers will simply need to be folded, without giving them a particularly realistic texture. This will simply be extra work, since the petals of the bud will be closed and not visible. You need to string the first tier of petals onto a metal rod. Then it will need to be moved to the edge. After this, you will need to heat the petals to the red color of the metal and bend them with pliers and a hammer, and form a dense center of the bud. In order to heat a steel workpiece, you can use an oxygen heating pad clamped in a vice. But in this situation you will need a lot of time. If you want to get the job done quickly, then it is best to use a foundry furnace.

In exactly the same way, you will need to attach a second layer of petals to the stem, which also form a dense central bud.

Sixth stage.

All subsequent layers of petals must continue to be strung in exactly the same way, but their ends must be made more textured. Their wavy curves should be shaped like a natural rose flower.

Seventh stage.

But the layer with rose sepals will need to be folded downwards.

Eighth stage.

Using the method described above, you will need to completely assemble the rose flower, after which you will need to make a weld along the stem, which can strengthen this elegant metal rose.

Ninth stage.

From the remaining metal scraps, you will need to cut out the rose leaves and give them the required shape, after which they will need to be welded to the metal stem.

Tenth stage.

The next step is to create thorns on the stem. For this purpose, you will need to momentarily turn off the gas on the welding machine. Without the shielding gas, the metal itself will begin to bulge outward. These penetrations must be made along the entire metal stem. The advantage of these metal spikes is that they will not be sharp. In some places it is necessary to heat up the metal rod itself in order to give it the bends typical of a natural rose flower.

That's it, the metal rose is completely ready!

Metal rose is stylish decoration any interior. Such a flower will never lose its attractiveness, and if made with your own hands, it will become an original gift to a loved one. Make one like this unusual flower quite simple. You just need to be patient and have the necessary tools.

What you need to make a rose from metal

To create a metal flower, you need to prepare the following materials:

smooth metal sheet, the thickness of which will be approximately 5 mm;
a steel rod for a rose stem with a diameter of about 10 mm;
anti-corrosion agent or motor oil for processing crafts.

Necessary tools to create decoration:

grinder or grinding machine with two types of discs - for grinding and for cutting;
drill for working on metal with drills up to 1 cm in diameter;
pliers and pliers;
wire cutters;
welding machine;
gas burner;
hammer and anvil.

It is better to make a flower on outdoors or in a ventilated area. It is important to follow safety precautions when working with tools and metal. Having provided everything necessary conditions, you can start making roses.

The process of making petals for a metal rose

To make a flower bud, we cut out at least four 10x10 cm squares from a sheet of metal. The more petals there are, the more magnificent and luxurious our rose will be. Using a regular felt-tip pen, we draw sketches of the petals on the blanks, according to which we cut them out with a grinder or a grinder. There is no need to cut them until the very end.

Next, you need to give the workpieces the necessary texture. To do this we use a hammer and an anvil. Using gentle blows of a hammer, flatten the edges of the petals on one side. The same must then be done with future leaves of the stem.

To place our petals on the stem, you need to make a special hole in their center. To do this, you can use a drill or welding. When using a drill, drill a hole in the center of each petal equal in diameter to the flower stem. The use of welding involves burning holes of the required diameter using the electrode of a welding machine. We do this carefully so as not to make holes larger than necessary.

After the petal blanks are ready, we put them on a metal rod one by one and weld them to it. We place the first blank for the petal on the rod, leaving about 2 cm from its end. We arrange the petals crosswise. When connecting the petals to the flower stem, try to melt the rod more, since the metal of the petals is thin and can burn out. We bend the lower petals down, forming a sepal of a flower.
To give our petals the desired shape we use gas burner, with which we heat the products. Next, using pliers, bend the central petals inward and the rest around them. Having connected the petals, you need to slightly bend their edges.

Making metal rose leaves

In addition to the bud itself, it is necessary to supplement the flower stem with leaves. To do this, draw a sketch of future leaves on a metal sheet and cut them out using a grinder. We make small notches along the edges of the leaves and make them slightly wavy, so that it looks natural. We connect the finished leaves to the stem by welding.

In the same way, you can weld metal spikes to the stem of the flower, which are cut in the shape of small triangles. If the stem is too long, it can be trimmed with a grinder. The average length of such a stem is usually 40 - 50 cm.

Treatment of roses against corrosion

The final stages of creating a metal flower will be anti-corrosion treatment. If this is not done, the craft will lose its appeal over time. For these purposes, you can use varnish or spray paint. It is very convenient to purchase special paint in a can, which can be silver or golden in color. It is convenient and evenly applied to the product and dries quickly.

Another treatment method is to use unused motor oil. It is applied to a pre-heated product, processing all its elements. After this, the rose is heated again to remove excess oil. Using this method will give the flower a noble dark shade. An elegant souvenir is ready.

Today we will tell you how to make a rose from metal with your own hands.

Hello readers!

In this article I want to tell you how you can make beautiful roses from metal without any special skills in working with metal! (Video of the process at the end of the article)
For motivation, at the end of the article I will show you my first rose and the one I made just recently. Along the way, I will talk about my observations and those things that I did not understand right away, but they significantly improved appearance flowers.
And also at the end I will place a block with frequently asked questions that you might have while reading.

And so, let's go!

Materials required for making roses from metal:

I make my roses from cold-rolled black metal sheets 0.5 mm thick;
For stems I use smooth A1 reinforcement and 6 mm binding wire. diameter for forging stems with spikes and texture. For simpler options, 5 mm binding wire is quite suitable.

Equipment and tools necessary for making roses from metal:

welding machine (in fact, if you are smart, you can do without welding machine, but that will be another story.);
Bulgarian;
metal scissors;
needle nose pliers;
pliers;
felt-tip pen / scriber.

You, as a DIY master, can completely do without this or that: an angle grinder can replace scissors, pliers can replace thin-nosed pliers. The only difference will be in the labor intensity of some processes.

And since we have discussed the instrument and I touched on the topic of improvisation, I will add that in fact this article is not a panacea, not strict instructions. This is a motivation letter with a description technological features! The most important thing when working with a metal rose flower is not to try to replicate me or yourself. Be more relaxed. Let your movements in your work be even slightly careless, let the petals be crooked, and the bends be of different widths. It is these movements that will breathe life into your flower!

My rosebuds consist of the following number of plates with petals:

outer first leaf - 5 rose petals, circle diameter about 12 cm;
second leaf - 4 rose petals, slightly smaller in diameter, about 11 -11.5 cm;
third leaf - 4 rose petals, diameter 11-11.5 cm;
fourth leaf - 3 rose petals, diameter 10.5 cm;
fifth leaf - 4 rose petals, narrow like a propeller and about 9-10 cm in diameter;
five-leaf star - it will serve as a leaf with outside. Diameter 8-9 cm.

Metal rose leaves look like this:

For one flower I prepare 2-4 branches of leaves, 2-4 leaves on each. Most often I use 2 branches of 3 leaves. Some average number so that the flower is not empty and does not seem like a whole bush. Again, decide for yourself, try it on, try it.

Forged metal rose stem:

On average, I take the stem length to be about 50 cm. This makes the flower quite large and beautiful in the end with the size of the bud that I wrote above.

I also made flowers of 30 cm and 60 cm. This is the beauty of working with metal. We have a lot of options for you.

Let's start making a rose from metal.

First of all, I usually mark out squares for future rosebud petals. I make 3 squares 12x12 cm and 3 squares 10x10 cm. To make it easier to drill a pack of similar shapes later.
After cutting out these squares, I stack them and mark the center. After which I drill all the workpieces at once to 6-7 mm. Ok, drilled. Since I make quite a lot of flowers, I have ready-made templates so that I don’t have to mark the sides of the petals every time; this is especially tedious when working with cinquefoil.
I trace the outline and start cutting. I don’t particularly try to get into the line, in finishing all the curvature of the rose petals will turn into their beauty.
On personal experience I can say that it is most convenient to first cut out a circle along the outlined outline, then you should cut out one side of the rose petals from the outside to the center. Then turn the workpiece over and cut the remaining sides in the same position. You will immediately understand what I mean when you try to cut the blank along the contour without turning the sheet over. At first it will be inconvenient, because there is no marked outline on the back side. But your hand will get used to it. Mine is used to it.
Well, the rose petals are cut out. Now let's take on the leaves. I always draw them by hand, since symmetry is not needed there, and I also cut them along the contour with scissors.
I will also note here that do not be afraid to bend the metal in your hands when you follow the cut contour with scissors; later we will straighten everything out before further work.

I like to get everything ready first and then start assembling and welding as the final step. Therefore, I also cut the stem to the required length, warm it in different ways: welding, simple. I've tried it all. Everything works. And I give texture to the rose stem. I crush him mercilessly! After such processing, the rose stem turns out to be of any shape with interesting drawing. If you continue to bother, you can weld spikes by simply fusing small bumps and processing them with a grinder.
I use petal circles for this job. I clamp the grinder in a vice and rotate the stem with my hands. In this way it is possible to sharpen the spikes to a sharp state.

To add texture to the metal rosebud, I use a makeshift anvil, which I scored with the sharp end of a hammer. So I just put the petal on the anvil and tap it with reverse side with a rounded hammer. The texture is perfectly transferred from the anvil to the petals.

I make a notch on the leaves with a chisel and use thin-nose pliers to twist the rose stems into a tube. Many blacksmiths make welded leaves in their practice. The version that we make with you turns out to be more sophisticated and attractive, more lively.

Time to assemble the finished metal rose!

I clamp the rose stem in a vice so that the tip barely rises. And, following the sequence, I collect the bud, welding each layer through drilled hole to the stem and the previous layer of petals:

first I lay out the star-leaf;
then five-leafed;
large quatrefoil;
large quatrefoil;
trefoil;
propeller leaf.

Do you feel like you've almost made a flower? Yes, that's right! All you have to do is play with the shape of the bud and everything will be finished.

One by one, fold the first leaf on top and use thin-nose pliers to bend the edges. Then we bend the trefoil and also bend the edges with thin-nosed pliers. And so on... Don't get hung up on one form. Try it, even if you like the rose flower in the form that is in front of you now. Believe me, there are a lot of interesting shapes. They suit different colors and occasions differently.

Metal rose bud on a stem. All that remains is to add the leaves. Add to taste; it’s impossible to overdo it or underdo it. You are an artist. You know better =)

Often I am asked to paint flowers in classic colors: red bud and green stem. We should not forget that in an attempt to catch up with nature, we can only show the shortcomings of a flower in front of the uniqueness of a living one. It's up to you, but now I've finally given up on painting. I try to highlight the graceful appearance of the metal by displaying it. Sometimes I brass the protruding parts. It turns out to be a very beautiful expensive vintage flower. And if it is practically impossible to give a living flower any shape, then look what you can do with our metal roses, which we made with our own hands!
(only a small part of my options for performing work)

Answers to questions asked:

Why don't I take 2 or 3 mm. ?
Many blacksmiths always take on thick metal, belittling the dignity of thin metal. Any execution option has a place to be. But thin metal is both lighter and easier to work with, and therefore, at a minimum, it is easier to learn from it.
Why tie wire (heat treated)?
It can be given texture without heating, since it is much softer than simple steel reinforcement.
Why is it important to do outer sheet 5 petal roses?
The more outer petals on a leaf, the rounder the rose bud will be. With four petals, the bud turns out to be square. More than 5 - it will no longer look like a rose.
How to cover a metal rose with brass with your own hands?
There is a little trick for which we need a brass drill brush.
We heat the metal a little and start working on it with a brush. Brass transfers very well to metal and coats it with a quality brass layer. The more you heat the metal before brushing, the yellower the brass will be. Don't overdo it, or you'll burn it.

All photos and video materials from this article were taken by me, as well as the flowers in them.

Metal is a rough material. To turn it into delicate flower, it requires a special talent of the master who works with it. In this master class we will show you how to make a flower out of metal with your own hands. The result of your work will be a beautiful and elegant feces.

Materials

To work you will need:

thin sheets of metal;
metal rods or rods with a diameter of 6 mm;
white, green and yellow paint;
primer for metal;
marker;
paper;
metal scissors;
stationery scissors;
welding machine;
hammer;
anvil;
nozzle for grinding metal;
grinder or hacksaw;
vice.

Step 1. You will need to transfer the template of the stool leaf onto the metal sheet. First, you can draw it on a sheet of paper yourself or print the outline by downloading and scaling the outline picture from the Internet. Use a marker to redraw.

Cut the blanks with metal scissors. Sand edges if necessary.

Step 2. The steel rods will need to be cut into small pieces, approximately 45 cm long. Use a grinder as a cutting tool. Don't forget about protective gloves and a mask.

Step 3. The rod will act as both a pistil and a stem at the same time. To give it a realistic look, one of the ends will have to be processed. Using a hammer, vice and anvil, make several bends on it.

Step 5. Start forming the flower. To do this, thoroughly heat the cut piece of metal sheet with a blowtorch.

Under the influence of temperature, the metal will soften, and it will be possible to work with it. IN ideal It is better to heat it in the oven; if you do not have such equipment, make do with improvised tools.

Use pliers to bend the sheet. Bottom part try to bring the diameter of the flower closer to the parameters of the rod.

Step 6. Place the rod in a vice and place the flower on it so that the rounded part is inside.

Step 7. Weld the elements together.

Step 8. While the flower blank is in a vice, using blowtorch and pliers give its petal a realistic shape.

Step 9. Using grinding disc, rub the weld spots on the flower. Additionally, you can go over the resulting workpiece with a metal brush or just sandpaper.