Since ancient times, people have been trying to imitate nature's beauty by making artificial flowers. These Artificial flowers have stunned the commercial market in recent times. Making artificial flowers evolve using many kinds of materials. Some artifacts have been found in ancient caves indicating that people from the past made artificial flowers from wood shavings, stones and even human hair. Nowadays these enduring flowers are made of paper, cloth and wax - as well as hair and other eccentric materials like feathers and fish scales. It all depends upon the Type of Flower made. When considering silk flowers they are made by the blend of complex chemical composites like polyurethane, latex, more advanced polymers and synthetic or natural fabrics. Sometimes, even silk is used in the making.

However in china, a special paper called Pith paper is being used to make artificial flowers and decorative crafts. The pith paper is normally labeled as rice paper in the market. The paper is very smooth and bone white in color. It is made from the pith of the Tetrapanax papyriferum which was unknown to the western botanists until the early and mid-nineteenth century. The present crisis in the artificial flower market is the demand for realistic-looking artificial flowers. To meet the demand, suppliers now are using higher-quality fabrics and special chemical coatings that give a realistic-look and a "natural" finish.

Generally, polyester continues to be the main material used for making petals and leaves. Velvet is also being utilized for petals and leaves that have a natural appearance. Apart from petals and leaves, stems in addition need to be made to look more real. Some of the Popular artificial flower makers have fresh designs for stems made of PVC tubes. It offers an extraordinary finish that gives them a gristly look. One more special effect is a stem, which has a finish that resembles grains of sand and soil. Interestingly, most of these artificial flower manufacturing companies buy their raw materials from Taiwan and Japan!