Tools, Artificial flowers

Hand-dyed silk is pasted on Japanese paper (washi), and after this has been dozens of times, it is cut into the shapes flower petals. When cutting the petals, care is taken that they are not all the same size, which is another feature of the Unjo-ryu style.
When a cloth that has been cut out in the shape of a flower is heated with a smoothing iron, the result is a beautifully soft petal with a slight swelling. Two types of smoothing iron are available depending on the effect one is striving for.