Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Too Hot!
- 27 July 2016
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Sometime
too hot
the eye
of heaven
shines
From Sonnet 18, or Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? By William Shakespeare
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Tutorials
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.
When in doubt, always give your armature three legs. Two legs are simply not enough and four legs will wobble if it is even slightly off balance.
Making a truss out of sunflower stems for a free standing design
Gently pull the petals ( Ray floret) from the seeded part of the sunflower
Twirl twigs to create a balanced nest to display the beautiful orchids on
Cut a few willow twigs to split to create legs for the armature
Splitting the chopsticks or a wooden branch, such as a willow twig creates a natural (and glue-less!) clamp.
Favourite Flowers
Sunflower
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My fourth design in my demonstration at the BC Floral Art Society meeting
