Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Pick-Up Sticks
- 29 September 2011
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One, two, buckle my shoe.
Three, four, shut the door.
Five, six, pick up sticks.
Seven, eight, lay them straight.
Nursery Rhyme
That's pretty much the instructions for this design: Go for a walk, pick up sticks, lay them straight.
The stick insect took a bit more time to make, though!
A closer look at my Twig Stick Insect
I wired the delicate twigs to look like they randomly fell into this upright, standing structure (just like the game Pick-Up Sticks) and then secured the sweet dumpling pumpkins into position.
The rosary vine (Ceropegia woodii) is in a small test tube to make sure it will last as long as the other design elements. All I needed to do to finish my design was to add a few grasses and winged maple seed pods.
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Tutorials
Made from dried cherry twigs and a skeleton leaf.
Remove the pulp from leaves so that only the vain framework remain
Favourite Flowers
Rosary vine, Chain of Hearts, Collar of hearts and String of hearts
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