Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
It's High Time for Tea: from craft to art, taking a delicious floral journey with wire techniques
- 30 January 2013
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This was my last two designs for my It's High Time for Tea Floral Craft and Art Demonstration at The Capilano Flower Arranging Club meeting
I demonstrated three floral craft cake designs and three matching floral art designs using the same design techniques and I incorporated my three techniques, where possible, in the other designs just to show how versatile they are.
Wire can give a design mechanical support, adds length to stems, support weak or delicate stems and adds decorative and structural details to a design. It is also used for tying, cross knotting, wrapping, bending hooks, binding and so much more!
My Floral Craft design: Twig Cupcakes
I chose bind wire to attach the twigs to metal rings for my wire twig cupcakes and funnel shaped pick-up-sticks design
The bind wire (a paper covered wire) creates a strong and stable armature without stealing any of the attention away from the plant material
and weave a ribbon through the twigs
My Floral Art Design: Funnel shaped pick-up-sticks armature
For my floral art funnel shaped pick-up-sticks design I demonstrated the value of a stable wired construction...
... by finishing the design with twigs and lilies that are just loosely laid over the design, or hanged from twigs with forks in cut like a natural hook, or suspended with a wire hook
None of the twigs were fixed to the original armature.
As I build up the design it becomes more and more stable...
... until all the loosely suspended twigs form a supportive unit resting on the wired funnel foundation.
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