Artificial botanicals and methods of making same
View Patent ↗An artificial flower, plant, or other botanical is produced from an aqueous agar-based solidifying mixture. The artificial botanical may be colored as desired by adding one or more colorants. The artificial botanical may also be scented by adding a perfume, odorant, or other scent. Because the artificial botanical is produced using the aqueous agar-based solidifying mixture, no animal-based gelatin products are used. The artificial botanical may thus also be edible and satisfies vegan diets. The artificial botanical may thus also be flavored by adding a flavoring, such as fruit, concentrate, or sweetener. The artificial botanical may be all-natural and edible by adding mica powder as the colorant and by adding glycerin as the flavoring.
1. An artificial flower process of fabricating an artificial flower, comprising:
producing an agar-based mixture by mixing only agar, glycerin, and water;
producing a boiled agar-based mixture by boiling the agar-based mixture and by vaporizing the water increasing a concentration of the agar;
producing a soapy boiled agar-based mixture by adding a soap to the boiled agar-based mixture that mixes only the agar, the glycerin, and the water;
flower cavity casting the soapy boiled agar-based mixture in a flower mold cavity;
solidifying the artificial flower by cooling the boiled agar-based mixture cavity casted in the flower mold cavity; and
removing the artificial flower from the flower mold cavity.
2. The artificial flower process of claim 1 , further comprising generating a colored agar-based mixture by adding a colorant to the agar-based mixture.
3. The artificial flower process of claim 1 , wherein the producing of the agar-based mixture further comprises mixing the agar, the glycerin, and the water at a 2:1:30 ratio by weight.
4. The artificial flower process of claim 3 , further comprising adding a mica powder to the agar-based mixture at a 1:40 ratio by weight of the agar.
5. The artificial flower process of claim 1 , wherein the producing of the soapy boiled agar-based mixture further comprises adding 1 ml of the soap to 6 grams of the agar.
6. The artificial flower process of claim 1 , further comprising cooling the flower cavity casting of the boiled agar-based mixture in the flower mold cavity.
7. An artificial flower process of fabricating an all-natural, edible, and vegan artificial flower, comprising:
producing an aqueous agar-based artificial flower mixture by mixing only agar, glycerin, and water at a 2:1:30 ratio by weight;
producing a boiled agar-based artificial flower mixture by boiling the aqueous agar-based artificial flower mixture, wherein the boiling vaporizes the water and increases a concentration of the agar;
producing a soapy boiled agar-based mixture by adding a soap to the boiled agar-based artificial flower mixture;
cavity casting the all-natural, edible, and vegan artificial flower by pouring the soapy boiled agar-based artificial flower mixture in a flower-shaped mold cavity;
solidifying the all-natural, edible, and vegan artificial flower by cooling the cavity casting of the all-natural, edible, and vegan artificial flower in the flower-shaped mold cavity; and
when solidified, removing the all-natural, edible, and vegan artificial flower from the flower-shaped mold cavity.
8. The artificial flower process of claim 7 , wherein the producing of the soapy boiled agar-based artificial flower mixture further comprises adding 1 ml of the soap to 6 grams of the agar.