” The flower head, petals are made of elderwood …. You cut those with just a blade and drop them in a bucket of cold water and the water makes them spring out. “
Mark interviews Pat Hutchins
Tell me about these flowers (carved wooden flowers)
My father made them. The head are made of elderwood, because the branches are like a pith which pushes out very easily, so you can push any stick into it without any effort to make the stalk. You cut those with just a blade and drop them in a bucket of cold water and the water makes them spring out.