Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Wonderful and Enough
- 4 May 2022
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The
simple
solutions
are wonderful…
and
enough
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Tutorials
Let tendrils do what they naturally do to help keep your flowers in place.
It's sometimes difficult to place a tiny crystal or bead exactly where you want it.
A perfect way to use a Lathyrus vine after all it flowered
Easy to weave design that can hold your prettiest autumn design treasures.
Craft a slightly off center wreath from dried vines and grasses for Phalaenopsis orchids.
Weave willow between the fork in a twig to create a paddle like armature
Weave a wreath around a cardboard circle to create an almost lace effect... perfect to capture those first signs of Spring!
Lash the orchid stems together to create a ladder for the flower to rest on.
Favourite Flowers
Granadilla, passionflower, passion vines
Buttercup, Persian buttercup, water crowfoots, spearworts, Coyote’s eyes
Related Designs
Keep you fresh plant material hydrated in water... and your dried plant material suspended to keep it from falling into the water.
Balancing dried ribbons of foliage to craft a wind twisted floral display.
A visual breather from all the bright and festive designs to come when designing for Autumn.
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...
A tiny orchid stem ladder keeps the orchid suspended just above the water line
My first design in my demonstration at the BC Floral Art Society meeting