Platinum Prototype Two

Texture

I have been experimenting with using sandpaper to create a texture on the surface of leaves. In my previous prototype I used P80 for the leaves and the second P800. I must say that I definitely prefer the texture created by the P80 sandpaper as it lets the leaves appear more hairy. I tried roll milling the wire of the stem with P80 sandpaper in the wire section of the roller to create a texture on the surface but this did not work as well as expected as the piece of wire still came out looking square opposed to rounded as I imagined. I ended up engraving lines on the stem to create a more natural surface. I also discovered a technique to roll out the wire for my stems to make the wire go from thick to thin; this involves rolling the wire up to a marked line and not exceeding that point allowing the wire to have staggered thick to thin areas resembling a branch. The best way pierce out natural looking leaves is to cut them out using tin snips as this allows the ends of the leaves to curl down in a more natural way.

Leaves

staggered thicknesses thin to thick

P80 texture on wire, not even noticeable