Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
As the leaves melt away
- 30 October 2013
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Happy All Hallows’ Eve
Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Double, double, toil and trouble;
Something wicked this way comes!
Double, double, toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.
Composer John Williams adapted the lyrics for “Something Wicked This Way Comes" or "Double Trouble" for the Hogwarts Welcoming Feast (performed by the Frog Choir) in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban from William Shakespeare's famous witches around the cauldron scene in Macbeth.
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Tutorials
Wire is always sold in a roll and it can be very frustrating to try to remove bends, kinks and curls.
Pike a few (hundred!) autumn leaves to build up a hollow leaf armature
Curl the wire at irregular intervals to create a natural wire tendril similar to that of a passion fruit plant
Favourite Flowers
Rose
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