Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
The Wiggle Is Part Of The Plan
- 5 July 2023
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What makes the planning part of your floral design so fun
Is that you always have to leave
At least some wiggle room in your vision
Because you just never know
What your flowers are planning to do
Until you place them
... in your design.
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Tutorials
Bundle and tie a few stems to create a support for even heavy design details.
You don't have to design with a bud vase when you have a bud vase sized flower.
Capture a bit of winter magic by placing delicate flower buds in the middle of two large leaves.
Adding design details to create tiny gaps for more design details.
Curl and secure a few blades of flax into a bubble to frame your flowers
Add a leaf to a large-ish vase to create a small puddle of water for your short flower stem to rest in.
This is both a decorative and functional design solution. But most importantly, I think, there is absolutely zero waste.
Fold a single blade of grass or slender leaf around a small container to stand your flower in position
Carefully manipulate and bend green willow stems to place in water to sprout as an armature for tulips to mature and open
Wire and glue a few acorns into the fork of a twig to create an Autumn armature
Create a support for your floral details by wedging the cut flower stem across the opening of the vase.
Hana-Kubari is an Ikebana flower mechanic. Only natural materials such as pebbles, sticks and branches can be seen to support the flowers. Traditionally no twine or wire, nails,...
Related Designs
... a something to look forward to design that makes you lean in closer to see what might still be.
Give a minimal design a few grass "whiskers" to feel that Spring breeze.
Gently curve a shallow area with a leaf to showcase a gorgeous flower with a short stem in a water filled vase
This week we look at the design featured in the Flower Guide Chapter at the very end of my book
Manipulate fresh willow stems to create a sprouting armature for long tulip stems
Hoard a few acorns in the fork of a twig to show off a single oncidium orchid.
Oh my! Picked from my balcony garden... after I thought I completely missed it blooming.
