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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

MOULD

Design 3:

Waxing lyrical
The potential use for wax in Floral Art is limitless!

FUEL SEAL WAX MELT SCULPT SMOOTH REUSABLE CAST TRIM WAX COAT MOULD NON-TOXIC WAX LAYER IMPERMEABLE ECONOMICAL WAX ANTI-BACTERIAL LONG LASTING SUBSTANTIAL WAX CONSISTENT ADHESIVE COLOURFAST POLISHES DIP MATTING EFFECT RELEASE AGENT WAX STAIN RESISTANT READILY AVAILABLE WHITTLE ENGRAVE WAX DRAW WAX POUR FLOAT WAX PROTECT SOLIDIFY WAX STOPPER SHAPE FREEZE SPREAD FOAM WAX LINE SET WATERTIGHT

I also have a Tutorial on how to MELT and safely use wax specifically for Floral Art


See below for the design links

Making bowls out of wax.

A mould is a hollow container or profile used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material as it cools and hardens.

Wax bowls

Connect the two cherry pink wax bowls with wired and curved Equisetum. Place a Lucky Bamboo stem with a beautiful spiral in a small test tube and insert to follow the curve.

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Tutorials

14 March 2011 Making a Wax bowl using a mould

Dip shapes into wax to create a bowl

13 March 2011 Wire and bend Equisetum

Create lasting shapes by wiring Equisetum

Favourite Flowers

Dracaena sanderiana

Lucky Bamboo, Ribbon Dracaena, Belgian Evergreen, Ribbon Plant

Equisetum

Scouring Rush, Horsetail, snake grass, puzzle grass

Related Designs

1 March 2011 FLOAT

Reflex Tulip and Passion Fruit Tendrils in a wax disk

8 March 2011 ANTI-BACTERIAL

Waxed fruit and a Hot Glue nest

15 November 2023 Freeze… just for a moment!

Not quite winter but also a bit late for autumn design that is somewhere between sparkle and flying leaves.

18 March 2011 SHAPE

Chrysanthemum Hourglass

15 December 2011 Rocking around Three Candle Trees

Wire spirals twisted around candles to make small Christmas trees for the Christmas Eve dinner table