ART FLOWER

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To make an art flower timely bloom from a bud for making a ceremony successful at the time of an event of ceremonial occasions, and to change the art flower from a static ornamental article to an ornamental article for healing by enabling opening/closing the flower. SOLUTION: Along a center line of a petal, a member using a first shape-memory alloy wire is placed as a core, and second shape-memory alloy wires are disposed on both sides of the member using the first shape-memory alloy wire. The first shape-memory alloy wire is formed so as to remember a curved shape using a calyx of corolla as a fixing point, and a second shape-memory alloy wire is formed so as to remember making the petal memorize to be flat. An energizing circuit composed of a power source and a switch, and a conductor passing through the petal and the inside of a stem are connected to energize the shape-memory alloy wires, so that the first and second shape-memory alloy wires return to the shape by energizing heat. The second shape-memory alloy wire makes the petal flat, and the first shape-memory alloy wire forms the flat petal to make a petal tip end most separate from a pistil than other parts of the petal on the calyx. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO