Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Inspired by Nature
- 14 January 2011
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This was my November 2010 entry in the Fleur Creatif and Gregor Lersch International Competition
The theme was I like... and my entry was being Inspired by Nature
Inspired by Nature
Detail of Inspired by Nature design
Flax leaves are ripped with a kenzan and wrapped with copper wire and small blue beads to create a rope to weave into a delicate spider web.
A Phalaenopsis orchid plant and aerial roots, small husks of green Cape gooseberries and dried Hydrangea florets are glued to float on the web.
The web is then suspended in a dramatic Acacia tortilis branch.
Flax spider web
Fleur Creatif and Gregor Lersch Competition entry form and Competition Schedule
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Tutorials
Use all three methods to dry hydrangeas to get three very different textures to use in design work.
Favourite Flowers
Flax, New Zealand flax
Phalaenopsis, Moth orchid
Hydrangea, when cultivated as a cut flower rather as a plant it is often revered to as Hortensia
Related Designs
A closer look at my design at the 20th anniversary of Canada Blooms and The Toronto Flower Show
This was the first design I did in my "I found it this way" floral art demonstration