Every petal is shaped by hand — no mold, no shortcut, just patience and fingertips.
花藝黏土是我最早開始、做最久、也最喜愛的手作項目。2017 年學習的第一朵花是康乃馨，到後來的捧花、花盒、壁飾，每一朵花都是用手一片一片捏出來的，磨練手感和耐心。
超輕土的質感輕盈柔軟，適合做出自然的花瓣弧度，適量加入樹脂土，可以增加花瓣的韌性與質感。從學習 Deco Clay 的基礎花型開始，慢慢發展出自己的風格——喜歡做看起來真實但又帶點手作溫度的花。
除了花朵，我也喜歡製作迷你又可愛多肉，顏色可以隨自己的想像，小巧的尺寸也適合當擺飾與送禮。
最自豪的一件是 2019 年的超大黏土花圈——滿滿的 Deco Clay 花朵，從玫瑰到非洲菊到小雛菊，掛在牆上像一幅立體畫。那是花了好幾個月的零碎時間，一朵一朵做好再組裝的。
Clay florals are the craft I started earliest, practiced longest, and love most. The first flower I learned in 2017 was a carnation — from there it grew into bouquets, flower boxes, and wall arrangements, every bloom shaped petal by petal, building touch and patience over time.
Lightweight clay is soft and airy, perfect for capturing natural petal curves. Adding a measure of resin clay gives petals extra resilience and texture. Starting from the foundational forms of Deco Clay — a Japanese technique for hand-shaping air-dry clay into lifelike flowers — I gradually developed my own style: flowers that look real but carry the warmth of something handmade.
Beyond flowers, I also enjoy making miniature succulents — the colors are entirely up to imagination, and their small size makes them perfect as decor or gifts.
The piece I'm proudest of is a massive clay wreath from 2019 — packed with Deco Clay blooms from roses to gerbera daisies to chamomile, it hangs on the wall like a three-dimensional painting. It took months of spare-time work, each flower sculpted individually then assembled into the final piece.
— TingYu's Deco
Clay Flowers · since 2017 · Taiwan
