Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
When it gets chilly
- 21 October 2020
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The best time to take one of those…
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cool breeze
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crisp crunchy leaves
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freshly fallen rain scented
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sharp chilly dusk coloured
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brisk nowhere particular to go walks
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… is on a nippy autumn day.
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Tutorials
Pick away the ray floret so that the disk floret of a sunflower can be used as a flat surface to display your design on.
Gently pull the petals ( Ray floret) from the seeded part of the sunflower
When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need.
Adding tension to a design with a grass frame and collar.
Set the rosary vines into the natural cavity of the flower head.
A hidden water source small enough to fit into a dainty flower.
Dry fall leaves to create a ball shape structure
Create a contrasting base to lift the heavy flower-head to design in
Making a truss out of sunflower stems for a free standing design
Favourite Flowers
Sunflower
Phalaenopsis, Moth orchid
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