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Lightly sprinkled foliage frog

Light as air ripped foliage flower frog

Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips

A knot and a lean and hand full of snippets in a bud vase

Using all parts of a small bunch of iris flowers to craft a unique display.

Loop a Monstera leaf stem to craft an underwater hold for a knotted orchid stem

Use the unique qualities of each stem to create a submerged design in a water filled glass vase.

Create a tighter fit with pebbles so that you can wedge a twig securely into a vase

It all started with my twig being just too small to wedge into the glass vase tight enough to keep my orchid stem in place...

Stacked bowl floral display

Create a foam free stacked design by slipping flowers between stacked bowls.

Wrap around grass loop and knot armature

Connect strips of ripped grass to create a knotted armature for short stemmed flowers

Stack two glass vases to keep a leaf upright in water

Slip a leaf into the gap between two glass containers to keep it upright... and add a plastic lining to support the flowers nestled into it.

Standing a water tube at an angle in lumber

Create a minimal design by placing a single flower on a platform

Bending blades of grass to shadow over a design

How to stack a heap of little by little

Stack the most delicate blades of grass to dance in the slightest summer breeze.

Jump out at you

Early iris flowers in a bud vase.

Knot how it was supposed to go

When you figure out the "how to" tricks of manipulating plant material it is possible to respectfully set them into seemingly impossible new directions.

Inna...

Stack bowls to keep your flower stems in place.

On the net

Knot a net to rest short stem orchids on.

How to make a stack of just enough:

Stack two vases to create a small gap at the side to keep a leaf upright

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Place a water tube at an angle in lumber so that the Zantedeschia float just above the base to show off the delicate grass snippets scattered up the stem

About a line

Skewer and line up leaves to create an armature

Down-bubble

Add grass "bubbles" that can be repositioned to your design

Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis orchid detail from my Harnessing the Wind design