Ronghua DIY Kit | Gu Lan (Valley Orchid)
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Ronghua DIY Kit | Gu Lan (Valley Orchid)
Lansei China
100% silk, copper wire and other tools included in the DIY Kit
13cm (L); 6cm (W); 3cm (H)
Level Three
25-30 Hours
Keep the tools dry and away from fire
Not sure if this DIY kit is right for you? Don't worry!
Choose Your Ronghua Adventure
To help you enjoy a smooth (and fun!) journey into the world of Ronghua, we’ve sorted all our kits into four levels based on their difficulty and time commitment. Check it out!
What Else May I Need?
Alongside your Ronghua DIY Kit, the most important addition is a Ronghua Toolkit — especially if you don’t already have suitable crafting tools.
For most of our Ronghua DIY Kits, we offer two options: “DIY Kit Only” and “DIY Kit + Toolkit.”
If you’re new to Ronghua, we recommend choosing the option with the toolkit. All of our Ronghua toolkits are the same across different kits, so you only need one toolkit set for all future projects.
👉 You can check the details of the current Ronghua Toolkit here.
Here’s what else may help:
Ronghua Stand (Recommended, Not Essential)
A Ronghua stand is a very helpful tool for stretching and brushing the silk evenly, but it’s not essential for beginners.
You can easily achieve great results using creative alternatives, such as a stable drawer, table edge, or other household setups. Many of our beginners start this way and still create beautiful flowers.
👉 We’ve made a short tutorial showing alternative methods here: Watch the video
Hairspray or White Crafting Glue (Essential – Setting Solution)
The liquid used to dip and set the silk petals is called the setting solution. There are two easy options:
① Hairspray (Best Option)
From our crafting experience, regular hairspray gives the most consistent, convenient, and beginner-friendly results.
Due to airline shipping restrictions, we’re unable to include spray products — but you can simply use any normal hairspray you already have at home.
② DIY Setting Solution
You can also mix white crafting glue with water (or alcohol) at a ratio of 1 : 1.15–1 : 1.2.
This short video (from 17:02) shows the process clearly: Watch the video
Magnesium Powder or (Simply) a Small Piece of Tissue Paper (Highly Recommended)
Attaching copper wire to silk is often the trickiest step for beginners.
While experienced crafters can usually do this directly by hand, we highly recommend using:
Anti-slip powder (magnesium powder), or
A tiny piece of tissue paper — simple, but surprisingly effective!
This small trick dramatically improves grip and control, making the process much easier and more enjoyable.
👉 We demonstrate this method in our tutorial video (from 5:28): Watch the video
Bamboo Trimming Base with Professional Tapering Scissors (Optional, Helpful for Advanced Finishing)
The bamboo base/cup helps stabilise your hand and scissors while trimming and tapering silk strips.
The No.7 Professional Trimming Scissors are one of those rare finds that can truly handle long, thin silk strips, which are notoriously tricky to taper smoothly.
Not mandatory for beginners, but very helpful if you want to refine your technique over time.
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a millennium-old art of decoration, traces its origins to the royal family of the Tang Dynasty in China
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My swallow embroidery has been so much fun and I have learned a lot from the excellent video. I am just going to start putting the box and embroidery together. Your products and support are excellent. I’m so glad I found LanseiChina
This was definitely one of the more difficult crafts I tried. Making the silk strips was very fiddly and easy to mess up, and my pip cleaner things definitely didn't look as good as the ones in the tutorial. However, even with several mistakes and shoddy looking silk strips I was able to make 5 pretty nice looking tulips from the one kit. They don't look a whole lot like actual tulips due to me making my silk strips too short but I still like them. I highly recommend this if you like making things and pretty flowers that won't die on you.
I had many questions before I ordered, and the Lansei team answered them all carefully. I made them work hard, but they stayed patient. I'm new to ronghua, but not new to silk. This is hands down the best filament silk I've ever worked with. The tutorials are very clear and full of helpful advice. I will definitely order again!
I ordered this piece as a graduation present for a relative. It arrived quickly, packed in a lovely wooden box, and appeared as described in the listing. My relative thought it was beautiful. It was exactly what we had hoped for.
Everything went well, I’m guessing customs are included in the pricing because I wasn’t charged with any extra EU import fees or customs clearance!
So addictive. Beautiful materials and finished product is stunning. Can’t wait for more.
It was a surprise, but very useful
Expert service, large product selection, good value for money. Quick response to messages. I received wonderful products. I highly recommend them to everyone.
Szakértő kiszolgálás, nagy termékválaszték, jó ár-érték arány. Gyors reagálás az üzenetekre. Csodálatos termékeket kaptam. Mindenkinek nagyon ajánlom.
Fabulous add on kit with really useful products and tools to help with flower making. Fabulous.
Fabulous kits and great service from this company. Looking forward to having a big crafting session very soon. Having completed other kits I know that I will get hours of joy making these flowers. Thanks.
Cute and sweet little gift!
I am very pleased with my purchase! All the items that came with my kit were good quality and feel like an excellent value for the price. I used my kit, and while the process is tricky, the video tutorials online made the steps clear and doable for a first-timer.
