My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Glass

Floral Art Glass Design

I wanted to create a design where plant material predominate over all the other components of the design with glass, not only as my focal point, but also a vital part of the design.

Floral Art Glass Design Detail

The glass pane connects the twig weave at the top with the small twig ends in the bottom. Two passion fruit stems point into the design to focus on the glass connection.

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Tutorials

25 January 2012 Weaving Willow spheres

I build up the spheres by weaving willow wreaths and then use those to shape the ball

29 January 2011 Brick on a stick

Create simple but effective stands for Floral Art

22 May 2012 Bite and snap a sturdy twig

Break the sturdy twig on the scribe line.

11 February 2015 Stripping foliage from weaving stems

Remove foliage from stems to weave with

Favourite Flowers

Salix matsudana "Tortuosa"

Curly Willow, Chinese Willow, Tortured Willow, Globe Willow, Dragon's Claw, Hankow Willow

Passiflora

Granadilla, passionflower, passion vines

Related Designs

24 August 2016 Details

Glue twigs to create a vase shaped armature

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