PLANT FORMS IN WAX 



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with short horizontal strokes until the tip of the leaf is reached. Then 

 reverse the leaf and cut the left side by a descending process which also 

 reverses the motions used on the opposite edge. After the serration, 

 the leaf is again carefully applie 1 to the mold, the serrated edges are 

 re-welded and the contour of the leaf perfected. 



After the colorist has tinted the leaves either by hand or with the 

 Attach- a id °f an air-brush, they are ready for attachment to stems. 

 ment to Small stems are made of silk-wound wires wrapped with 

 the iwig W axed gauze; thev are tinted and then attached to the 



THREE PHASES IN THE PROCESS OF CUTTING OUT A LARGE LEAF 



In each figure there is presented the back of the wax leaf (6 in. x 3 in.). The leaf was 

 made by the flowing process and has the wire skeleton adjusted and the waxed gauze welded 



original wood. In the case of larger stems the original woody branch 

 is used having first been subjected to treatment with glycerine and 

 formaldehyde, which preserves the original bulk of the woody fibre. 

 In attaching each leaf, a hole is drilled at the point of juncture and the 

 wire stem of the leaf passed through and secured. All evidences of 

 the attachment are carefully obliterated by wax and color. 



