For this part of the wood carved fuchsia project I moved over to metal.
I like mixed media artwork, so decided that for the leaves and stems I would forge them from steel. The pictures below show the step by step process. I first cut the outline shape from 3mm steel, welded on a 6 mm rod to form the stem, and then, after heating on the forge, formed the leaf detail with veins marked with a flat chisel.
I then welded 3 together around a rod, to form the fuchsia stem, ready to fit the wooden flower:
