Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Around Here
- 30 January 2019
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Around and around and around…
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And around and around and around...
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And around and around and around...
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And around and around and around...
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And around and around and around...
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And…. around and around aaand… done!
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Tutorials
Stack foliage to create a rose spiral in a container.
Design in two levels by using two vases, the smaller slipped into a bigger one.
Break the water flow when you fill a vase with details in that can move with the stream of water
Twist lily grass slightly to create a spiral for the orchids to nestle in
New growth is really difficult to design with and definitely needs to be conditioned and placed in a water source
Inspired by a classic and traditional Ikebana technique used in a Rikka design called Komiwara. Designers would usually bundle straw to keep the flowers in place.
Fold and then stitch a long fall leaf garland to roll into a coil
Komiwara is a classic and traditional Ikebana technique used in a Rikka design. Designers would usually bundle straw to keep the flowers in place.
Multiple tiny twigs create a flower frog to keep the delicate buds and leaves in the exact spot you want.
Split (but don't cut) a few gladiolus flowers to spiral in a vase
Favourite Flowers
Lily
Related Designs
Use the petals of your flower to cleverly keep all the other floral details of your design firmly in place.
Position foliage to create a smaller, shallow pond for your floral details to shelter in.
My Spring/Easter design and the introduction article about my floral journey written by the editor, Nina Tucknott in the latest issue of Flora Magazine.
Split and spiral a few gladiolus flowers in a way that the stems remain intact, to spiral in a water filled filled vase for a long lasting composite flower