Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Grateful Heart
- 25 May 2022
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When life (or a particularly windy day)
hands you the perfect leaf…
Have
A
Heart!
Too nice not to design with!
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Tutorials
Flair open a leathery leaf to craft a frame a single bleeding heart flower on its long stem.
Temporarily adhere a traditional Ikebana Kenzan or pincushion to a shallow container.
A single lily flower design dressed up with a grass veil.
Craft a bottomless vase out of bark so that the floral stem is supported but can still stand in water to remain hydrated.
Build up a design in a shallow container by stacking it by threading the plant material into the teeth of a pin cushion in three levels.
The teeth of a Kenzan (or pin cushion) is rather sharp. Here is a pain free way of pushing down the plant material into the teeth to keep it securely in place.
A cool and minimal floral design for summer.
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Using a traditional Ikabana Kenzan to place flowers in a shallow container
Cut stems of Gladiolus to place in a radiating summer design.
Loop a grass veil over a lily stem to create a minimalist summer design.
