Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Practice
- 3 August 2016
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Practice
what
you know,
and it will
help
to clear
what now
you
do not know
Quote by Rembrandt van Rijn
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Tutorials
Most stems, twigs and even sturdier branches can be bend into shapes. It takes practice and more than a bit of patience. The main idea is to slowly manipulate the branch without...
For this tutorial I focus on a simple weave pattern that does not require you to soften or prepare the leaves to be more durable or flexible. This is the starting point in...
When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need. If you can't find a suitable drinking straw... I also have an upgrade: tiny food grade pipe water tubes.
For my design I wanted the wreath to look wind blown so I added a few loosely woven twigs into the weave. I also wanted to emphasize the autumn colours so I added a twirling...
Carefully manipulate and bend green willow stems to place in water to sprout as an armature for tulips to mature and open
Give the stem a closer cut to detail for floral art
I build up the spheres by weaving willow wreaths and then use those to shape the ball
Favourite Flowers
Cattleya orchids
Rosary vine, Chain of Hearts, Collar of hearts and String of hearts
Curly Willow, Chinese Willow, Tortured Willow, Globe Willow, Dragon's Claw, Hankow Willow
Related Designs
Barely there skeleton blossoms with Eucalyptus eyes for my Halloween design... Oh! and a Willow Paddle, which probably should have been the main Tutorial... but... well...
The second design I did for my book launch demonstration looking at aspects that influences my effortless style of designing.
Gently curve a shallow area with a leaf to showcase a gorgeous flower with a short stem in a water filled vase
A tiny carry basket to gather the shortest stems from your cutting garden... with a place for water and your cutters.
Ah... yes summer time designing. Anyone else seeing more insects hiding between the petals this year?
Using fresh twigs to bind a little twig platform to suspend the beautiful orchids from.
Grow a willow birdcage... with a bit of a Spring flower support to get it started.
Gorgeous Aquilegia vulgaris spring flower... with it's own springy thing!
Autumn harvest willow for a double the pretty plaited flower support
A snowy lady slipper plant displayed to enjoy for as long as possible.
Every designer knows how to stretch their supplies. We use and re-use our dried plant material until our fellow designers feel like hiding it from us. I formed such an...
Easter Basket used in the Durbanville Flower Club Easter Parade Demonstration
My article and a floral parasol design featured in DIY Weddings Magazine
