Abstract: An artificial flower or other decorative or novelty construction is disclosed herein having a flexible semi-rigid support such as a wire provided with a bulbous form about a plurality of shaped components which are attached so as to define a predetermined composite shape. The components are composed of an elastic material having the characteristic of normally biasing edge marginal regions of each component inwardly adding to the desired shape. An an example of such material, rubber latex may be used, and in one version, each component is self-supporting about the form when attached by gluing, while in another version, each component is glued to a supporting wire bent to a given orientation.