Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
"A New Age" Child's Midnight Meander (Avatar)
- 4 April 2011
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The concept of the Competition Class was to design "A New Age Child's Midnight Meander" but to use a contemporary movie as inspiration. I chose Avatar. I wanted to recreate the beautiful blue scenery in the movie and used the blue glow of LED lights shining on the large open petals of white lilies.
Each LED light shine from a Palm leaf Firefly (see tutorials on how I made the fireflies) and was fixed to point towards a lily to create the ethereal blue shade.
Catching fireflies
I also tucked a few ball jars with handles and a few butterfly nets into the design to create the impression that children were trying to catch the fireflies.
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Tutorials
Weave grasshoppers or butterflies (or fireflies) from palm leaves
Create colourful designs with Powdered Rainbow Oasis
Favourite Flowers
Lily
Curly Willow, Chinese Willow, Tortured Willow, Globe Willow, Dragon's Claw, Hankow Willow
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