Original coffee bean topiary: creating a friendly atmosphere
Home comfort creates a pleasant coffee aroma, which is endowed with a topiary made of beans. In fact, topiary is a decorative tree. But now this word is called artificially created small, souvenir trees in pots. They are made from anything – natural materials, ribbons, decorative ribbons, sweets, and even souvenir bills. But here is a topiary with coffee beans – a special tree that every coffee lover will appreciate..
How to make coffee beans topiary: tools and materials
Any MK (master class) begins with a listing of materials and tools that will be needed in the work. The most important thing in this topiary is coffee beans. If you want to make some kind of drawing on the crown of the topiary, you can take grains of different shades – light and dark. But the drawing is, of course, more difficult to lay out, and a monochromatic topiary looks impressive in itself.
You will also need:
- Ball for the base (or foam blank, or crumpled newspaper, intertwined with threads);
- Tapes;
- Glue;
- Paints;
- Wire;
- Plaster or putty;
- Cup or other container.
This set of materials is universal, more precisely – basic. You may need some decorative details, gold spray, buttons, and more. This master class is dedicated to the usual topiary
By the way, often instead of the ball, which is the basis of the crown, a heart blank is used. Again, this is either a foam heart, or any other blank that can repeat this shape. The heart is an excellent reason to create a topiary of coffee beans with your own hands as a gift to your beloved on some important day..
The simplest topiary made from coffee beans (video master class)
MK: coffee bean topiary
Before you start making a tree, make sure that the coffee beans are suitable. Preferred grains of good, high-quality coffee, evenly roasted, even.
The tree requires a base that can be purchased or made. So, you have decided whether it is a heart or a ball. The base, if it is already dense, is immediately covered with paint, which will merge with the grains. If you want to make a ball with your own hands, remember the paper well to make a lump, tie it with threads, maximally giving the ball the shape of a ball. If you decide to make a heart, the foam blank will be more convenient.
Next, the main steps are performed, which you will see in a detailed photo of the master class.
Topiary from coffee (photo master class step by step)
A foam blank or any other base is pasted over with paper, wrapped with threads and crumbled In order to make a trunk (what kind of tree is without a trunk), you can take either a thick wire or a stick for sushi, someone even uses paper towel tubes. So, the selected rod needs to be made a barrel. It can be wrapped with satin ribbon, twine, corrugated paper, or tissue paper The trunk must be glued to the crown. Initially, a small hole can be made in the workpiece for the diameter of the barrel. The glue should be firm and neat Next, make a soil that will hold a cup or disposable glass. How to make the soil correctly can be seen in numerous MK videos, it will not be superfluous if you have never worked with gypsum. The volume of the liquid is measured by the container where the coffee tree will stand. In this case, it’s a glass. After preparing gypsum or alabaster, it is poured into a container. The container should not be poured to the very edges, since it will still be decorated on top. Insert a tree in the center of the gypsum, and wait until the mass hardens The base is smeared with glue, after which coffee grains are fixed on it. This is often done in two layers. One layer – flat side inward, the other – vice versa While the glue dries, you can prepare a stable base in the form of a glass glass (you can also use a regular jar), partially decorating it The topiary must be placed in a cup, glued to the bottom and filled with coffee beans, covering each layer with glue After everything has finally hardened, you can cover the top layer with layers of coffee, or, for example, shavings, sawdust. The decor for the tree is done at your discretion
MK for decorating the base
The decor for such a tree deserves special attention. You can start by looking at what the cup will look like. If this is the most common coffee cup, is it worth decorating? But since you are in the mood to do everything yourself, pay attention to the following options..
A pot-cup – how to decorate it
- You can wrap a cup in burlap – many MK videos prefer this kind of decor, rough matter in this case looks harmonious. And if the tree has a trunk wrapped in twine, burlap will definitely come in handy. In the middle of the cup, you can tie a rope in the color of coffee beans, tie it with a bow, gluing a beautiful button inside the bow.
- You can wrap a cup with satin ribbons. Sometimes a kind of artistic randomness is done, that is, the cup is wrapped in a non-strict direction. It is better to take ribbons of a chocolate-coffee scale, you can – golden.
- If you are aiming for the most outstanding result, try painting the cup yourself. Get a neutral cup without a pattern, use acrylic paints. Transfer the drawing to the cup through a stencil and paint. If you have never encountered such a thing, check out the master class on painting dishes. Better – in the video version. You can draw on the cup the same coffee tree, or grains, or some symbols of a coffee break.
If a coffee cup is chosen as the base, it will also need to be decorated.
To make such a painting with your own hands, of course, is not easy, but if you draw in principle, are neat and diligent, you will succeed. Watch each step for the video instructions so you don’t make any mistakes. Of course, a do-it-yourself coffee tree, and even a hand-painted cup, will make an incredible impression..
Topiary from coffee beans “Floating cup” (video master class)
Topiary with coffee beans: design tips
Topiary made from coffee beans are all a bit similar to each other, the differences are mainly in the decor. But there are some nuances in the work that one master class takes into account, but in another MK they are not mentioned at all. Meanwhile, for novice masters, they are important..
Topiary from coffee beans – nuances:
- It is preferable to cover a ball or heart (depending on what kind of blank you have) with brown acrylic paint;
- Small coffee beans can be placed in the first, inner layer of the crown of the beans;
- The top layer of gypsum to be decorated can not only be decorated with layers of the same coffee, but also supplemented with “gold” coins.
The hovering cup is made using a slightly different technology, which will be described in a detailed MK video
There is such a topiary – a flying cup, more than one master class is dedicated to it, a lot of MK videos. A flying or soaring cup with your own hands is a beautiful souvenir that looks like someone invisible is pouring coffee from a cup.
The stream of a fragrant drink is the frame that allows the cup to hold its weight. As a rule, it is made of thick wire, polyurethane foam and several types of glue..
You can find a detailed video master class that describes in detail each step of creating such a floating cup..
Heart-shaped coffee topiary (video master class)
Topiary made from coffee beans is not the most difficult type of topiary, pleasant in appearance and aromatic. Usually, the decoration method is chosen almost during the manufacturing process, as you look back at the available decorative materials. Thus, you yourself adjust the master class, getting your original coffee tree.