Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
A good September Soaking
- 8 September 2021
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If you listen carefully

You will even

hear

how our

September

is soaking up

the colours

of Autumn
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Tutorials
A barely there delicate grid to keep your flowers in place.
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
Wrap thin, glue soaked sisal fibers around a balloon or ball to create a barely there armature
A great do-in-advance and reusable design solution for a winter, early spring floral display.
Preserve some floral material to design with when it is but not quite Autumn outside.
Crafted from a hand full of twigs to give you a large design... even though you add only two stems of sweet peas.
Craft a suspended armature to create a clear winter design.
Add a bit of shadow and dimension to a flat armature by using the sketch technique of cross hatching.
Favourite Flowers
Lisianthus, Texan Poppy, Texas Bluebell, Tulip Gentian, Prairie Gentian
Related Designs
My RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2015 Limelight Floral Art Design. My Limelight design was inspired by a slice of lime. But I wanted it to look like it was spun by a butterfly. I used...
Looking back at the preparations and staging of a design in the Floral Design Studio Marquee at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show.
A creative design that has some height to it without blocking the view. This can easily be scaled up or down to match the environment you want to display it in.
Floral styling using mostly dried material that will last the entire Autumn.
Instead of just placing a handful of twigs and two stems of sweet peas in a vase... why not...?
A clever trick borrowed from art techniques to add dimension to a bright and colourful Autumn floral design.