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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

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11 September 2024
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more of the randomness of nature

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Tutorials

11 September 2024

Palm twirl with a hidden double knot grid support that hold even heavier flowers in place

Knot horizontal palm fronts in place to create a support for heavy flowers.

13 August 2014

Sunflower Disk Floret

Gently pull the petals ( Ray floret) from the seeded part of the sunflower

14 July 2021

Light as a kite wire spiked sunflower heart

Using the disk floret of a sunflower to support your floral details.

8 July 2015

Using a pin to place tiny dew drop crystals

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

21 October 2020

Sunflower heart autumn display

Pick away the ray floret so that the disk floret of a sunflower can be used as a flat surface to display your design on.

3 July 2012

Twig mushroom

Stack and wire a twig mushroom armature

31 July 2019

Adding folded grass "jitters" to a Sunflower

Adding tension to a design with a grass frame and collar.

6 September 2023

Peg Sunflowers and Quaking Grass in a Kenzan

An old trick... but still a great one to support thin stems in the needles of a Kenzan.

27 July 2016

Leaning Sunflowers to stay just so

The trick to any freestanding design is to get your first three stems standing stable and secure in the water. Once you have that you can build the design around it.

31 October 2018

Spider-mum

Craft a spider from twigs and a chrysanthemum

31 January 2018

Rock Rest for a heavy Protea Flower Head

Create a contrasting base to lift the heavy flower-head to design in

8 May 2019

Fill a trumpet shaped flower cup with... more flowers!

A hidden water source small enough to fit into a dainty flower.

5 November 2014

Acorn inspired Autumn leaf armature

Dry fall leaves to create a ball shape structure

Related Designs

14 July 2021

Light as a Kite

Spike a wire frame into a disk floret for a light summer design.

21 October 2020

When it gets chilly

Use the heart of a sunflower as a platform to place your autumn floral details on.

3 July 2012

Twig-a-tude

Stack and wire twigs to create a twig mushroom with attitude for summer

31 July 2019

Jitters!

Zig-zag grass details add a bit of tension to the design

6 September 2023

Mother Nature’s little magic to let us know Autumn is near

It's the little sun-washed coloured hints that makes you look again to see if you really saw what you thought you saw... yes! There really are signs of autumn everywhere!

27 July 2016

Too Hot!

Leaning floral stems to stand on their own in a shallow container

31 October 2018

Scary stuff!

My Halloween design... with some scary stuff hidden if you can read between the leaves!

5 April 2011

Floral Carpet

Durbanville Flower Club: Nature's Treasures, A Floral Art Exhibition at D'Ville Shopping Center Durbanville, Western Cape, South Africa

31 January 2018

Rock, don't Roll

Balance the heavy Protea flower head to lean against a rock.

8 May 2019

It takes more than one person to invent a trumpet!

Filling a trumpet flower cup... with more flowers!

5 November 2014

All In One

dry autumn leaves into an acorn shape

Favourite Flowers

Helianthus anuus

Nature's Treasures, A Floral Art Exhibition at D'Ville Shopping Center Durbanville Floral Carpet with the members of the Durbanville Flower Club. For the mid section I used roses,...