Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Bamboo frog for a shallow container design
- 10 August 2016
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![Cut bamboo shorter Cut bamboo shorter](/images/2016/08/cut-bamboo-shorter-l.jpg?inside=600x600)
Cut bamboo shorter and set it standing upright in a shallow container
For this design I sawed the bamboo to remove the closed stem wall and node on each piece
![Fill the container with water Fill the container with water](/images/2016/08/fill-the-container-with-water-l.jpg?inside=600x600)
Fill the container with water
![Stand the flowers upright in the stem cavity of the bamboo in the shallow container Stand the flowers upright in the stem cavity of the bamboo in the shallow container](/images/2016/08/stand-the-flowers-upright-in-the-container-so-that-it-gets-suported-by-the-stem-cavity-of-the-bamboo-p.jpg?inside=600x600)
Stand the flowers, grass and vine upright in the stem cavity of the bamboo in the shallow container
![Keep the pieces in place by sliding it into any split parts of the bamboo Keep the pieces in place by sliding it into any split parts of the bamboo](/images/2016/08/keep-the-pieces-in-place-by-sliding-it-into-any-split-parts-of-the-bamboo-p.jpg?inside=600x600)
Keep the pieces in place by sliding it into any split parts of the bamboo
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Tutorials
Multiple tiny twigs create a flower frog to keep the delicate buds and leaves in the exact spot you want.
Break the water flow when you fill a vase with details in that can move with the stream of water
New growth is really difficult to design with and definitely needs to be conditioned and placed in a water source
Rolled leaves offer support for floral stems
Komiwara is a classic and traditional Ikebana technique used in a Rikka design. Designers would usually bundle straw to keep the flowers in place.
Latch a few bamboo pieces together to create a scaffold for the flowers to hang from
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