And so it was time to bring together the various elements of the fuchsia.
Alongside the main sepals, central petals and leaves, I also made the stamens from painted piano wire with individually carved pollen anthers.
The fitting, finishing, adjusting, refitting and polishing (with our own beeswax polish) actually took nearly as long as making each of the individual parts did.
Here it is. It hangs down over a fireplace in the manner in which a real fuchsia would:
