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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Acrylic Spiderweb

For this design I made the inside connection bit on a 3d printer with the spikes made of acrylic tubes. For an all plant material web, see the Tutorial below

Cover wool with Spanish Moss and secure with white glue

For another example see the Tutorial below

Secure the Spanish moss with butterfly hairclips so that the glue dries with the moss in place

Wrap short strips of beaded wire around the moss and wool

See the Tutorial below for more detailed instructions on how to make beaded wire

Let the wire and Spanish moss strip dry completely before spinning it into the web

Overlap the wool in the printed connection piece to secure

Wrap the wood around the connection piece

Start to spiral out the wire by wrapping it around the first acrylic rod

Wrap the wool around the next rod all the way around

Spiral and wrap the rods with the wool

Secure the wool with sticky dots to keep it in place if it slips

Secure the wool to the rod with a knot and place it in the twig tangle

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Tutorials
Ripping Flax
14 January 2011
Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips
Spin a Single Strand Spanish Moss Spider Web
29 October 2014
Spin a Single Strand Spanish Moss Spider Web

Weave a barely there all natural spider web.
Beaded wire
14 January 2011
Beaded wire

Thread thin wire with tiny beads
"I found it this way" demonstration Floral art Structures: Twig Tangles
21 September 2016
"I found it this way" demonstration Floral art Structures: Twig Tangles

For my "I found it this way" Floral Art demonstration at The Capilano Flower Arranging club, I began all four of my designs with basic armatures made of Twig Tangles and we discussed the importance of a stable structure as a foundation to a structural design. The twig tangles create a basic armature for the designs to be suspended from. Each design is crafted that it almost looks like a foraged or ‘found” natural object
Twig collar
6 September 2011
Twig collar

Create a light and transparent collar-base for the large composite flower to nestle into.
Related Designs
Inspired by Nature
14 January 2011
Inspired by Nature

Flax leaves are ripped with a kenzan and wrapped with copper wire and small blue beads to create a rope to weave into a delicate spider web.
Forest Experience
12 April 2011
Forest Experience

This was a Flower Fantasy Competition Design staged by the Helderberg Flower Club, Western Cape Association of Flower Arrangers
Cherry twig cocoon
16 August 2011
Cherry twig cocoon

Japanese aesthetic, wabi-sabi, acknowledges three simple truths:nothing lasts, nothing is done, and nothing is perfect.
When Autumn Fall
6 September 2011
When Autumn Fall

Autumn leaf composite flower
Pick-Up Sticks
29 September 2011
Pick-Up Sticks

A twig and stick design with sweet dumpling pumpkins and rosary vine (Ceropegia woodii). I also made a cherry twig and skeleton leaf Stick Insect
A Floral Fable: Approach Design
27 March 2012
A Floral Fable: Approach Design

This is a detailed look at my third Floral Fable design. When you design, every detail you add matters and the smallest element can change the design completely.
Just Right! Floral Art demonstration: Own It!
7 September 2012
Just Right! Floral Art demonstration: Own It!

My fourth design in my demonstration at the BC Floral Art Society meeting
Frightfully Pretty
29 October 2014
Frightfully Pretty

Weave a single strand Spanish Moss spider web
I found it this way: Spiderweb design
21 September 2016
I found it this way: Spiderweb design

This was the first design I did in my "I found it this way" floral art demonstration