High-Strung

Light and airy addition to a floral design to celebrate summer

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips

Braid ripped flax and coil it into shaped slip on sandals.

Step up the flip-flop design by decorating it with some long lasting succulent flowers. It might look delicate... but these flowers are robust and long lasting.

It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.

"Plaid" and "braid" are synonyms, and where you are from will most likely dictate whether you use plait (British) or braid (American or Celtic). Some people also refer to...

Rip the New Zealand flax to create a delicate fiber armature

Create a sheltered or veiled design by framing the outer edge of your armature (in this case thick cardboard) with long strands of grass

Cherry stems and ripped flax makes a perfect natural lattice to suspend floral material from

An grass armature that looks scattered but is actually very secure

Create a wire frame and weave ripped foliage around it

Slicing a cabbage to create an armature for a vegetable design.

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

Knot delicate floral mittens from flax.

Create a rigid grid to place over a glass vase to keep flower material in place

Most leaves and foliage can be slightly manipulated to curve or curl.

Lily

A cooling design for early summer days with swinging ripped grass and more than enough water for thirsty hydrangeas.

The tiniest flower adds some much needed coolness to a summer floral design.

My Floral Hurricane design entry for the BC Floral Art Society mini show competition

Creating a larger sustainable floral design by clustering the floral details into bunches.

Yes, this Coil slip on sandals design is in my book: the effortless floral craftsman, a floral crafter’s guide to crafting with nature ... it is also the first design from the...

Dress up a pair of hand coiled flip-flops with succulents.

Tape a grid at the edge of a container

I wanted my parasol design to be thoroughly me, and thoroughly contemporary yet respectful of the guiding rules and methods shared by the different schools of Ikebana.

Weave just a hint of the Autumn to come

Romantic rose centerpiece with just a bit of an edge featured in the DIY Wedding Magazine

Gypsophilla design with Celtic love knots featured in the DIY Wedding Magazine

An easy going design of ripped grass and calla lilies. But look a bit closer. See if you can find Mr. Stalk relaxing somewhere between the blades of grass.

Weave a nest for an Easter design

Scatter some dried grass to make a floral armature

My article and woven ring basket design featured in the summer issue of DIY Weddings Magazine

Cut a cabbage to create a design platform

Knot a net to rest short stem orchids on.

Celebrating my book launch by knotting floral mittens using the design Tutorial from my book and the template from the free gift template booklet.

Knot a grid to place over a glass bubble vase to keep plant material in place