Wooden Flowers

” 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.