Need help with guitar made of flowers

[trose]

I have never made one of these.Can someone tell me where to start.I am most grateful for any and all info.....I am very excited about the opportunity.


Thanks
Tina

 

[Connie]

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[Tracy D'Amico]

Tina,
There is a pic posted in the image gallery HERE. Also, I found this shop who made quite a few shaped pieces quite nicely HERE. Pretty cool stuff.

good luck!
tracy

 

[Bigted]

Here is one that we made. I hope I can load the pic.

 

[MANORVILLE]

Here is one that we made. I hope I can load the pic.

Really nice job !


Kevin
ManorMan

 

[BBJ (Big Bad John)]

I have never made one of these.Can someone tell me where to start.I am most grateful for any and all info.....I am very excited about the opportunity.


Thanks
Tina

Styro and a glue pan...........if you can find a real guitar trace it "then go to town with your floral talents"

This is a poor pic I just scanned of one we did some time ago......long before digital cameras or scanners 1980 circa (the pink roses represented stars that were on this local country singers guitar)

Hope this helps

 

[izabetho]

Tina, This sounds like a fun project. A few ideas: You could make the form out of the sheets of hard green styro from the wholesaler. You could pan glue the sheets together and carve out a simple guitar shape. If the guitar is for a one day event, you can glue or steel pick longer lasting flowers like mums and carns without worrying about a water source. If you needed a water source, you could pan glue a thin layer of oasis to the form and cover it with chicken wire and soak it. Or, you could do any and all the above on an existing junk guitar.
I'm sure you could come up with several different ways to do it. Wish it was me, sounds too fun!!
The attached picture is not a guitar, but was a sculptural piece that was done in much the same way. Some of it had a water source, but the torso part was glued mums that had no water source. It held up nicely for a few days.

 

[tantalizingblooms2005]

guitar

We made our guitar (pic in gallery) out of oasis with the mache backing. It is a cross and heart anchored and glued together after cutting out the shape in the heart. We used deocorative wire for the strings and wall anchors for the tuners. The top part where the anchors go was a piece of black foam.

 

[trose]

Thank you all so much

I have never been treated so kindly ever.I thank all of you..I will make this thing and take a pic...and post it.Again..I am not able to chat much but this is the most awesome sight...I will be able to learn and share alot here....This is my first shop...I'm next to a mortuary service...but I am a full service florist in Shreveport Louisiana...again thanks..if there is any thing I can do for any of you let me know...I'll be back in a couple of days......off to the guitar!!!

Tina

 

[kenyon]

please tell me how much you charge for these pieces,you all did a great job but how long did it take and how much did you make? kenyon

 

[izabetho]

Kenyon, you're right, there is some fabulous craftsmanship in the posted pics. Beyond what others have charged, I would be interested to know the story behind them. I know they all have one. I'm imaging the deceased musician or the fab event that they went to.

FYI, ours was not for sale (but it wasn't a guitar either) It was a creative endeavor for a gallery exhibition. We would sell it for somewhere around $850 if someone wanted to buy it. The labor and craftsmanship cost more than the product in it.

 

[BBJ (Big Bad John)]

The labor and craftsmanship cost more than the product in it.

Yep...it's a labour thing for sure! I think we charged 150 or so but that was 1980ish todays price would likely be about double that for the guitar.

and to answer Kenyons question....yes it was for a local Country Music star and we made several pieces of flowers for Nashville musicians including one from Johnny Cash that day.

 

[tantalizingblooms2005]

guitar

Since our was hand carved out of the mache so it would last a while and it was our first time doing one, it took us roughly 3 hours to do. We charged $250 for it.

 

[Tracy D'Amico]

The labor and craftsmanship cost more than the product in it.

Excellent thought, for anything labor intensive. Why can't I think of phrases like that?

tracy