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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Disk Twig Armature

Cover a disk shaped bowl with wrap to protect it

Place the first twig on the bowl but do not glue it.

Start gluing twigs to twigs. Be careful not to let glue spill over to prevent it from sticking to the glass bowl

As you build up the disk, try to let each twig connect at three places with another twig o create a stable armature

Keep adding twigs

Follow the curves of the glass container

Add twigs to the side of the container

Again making sure almost every twig connects at three places

Add thicker twigs to create the rim

Add smaller twigs to strenghen the connection points

Continue to add twigs to cover the entire shape

Before removing the twig armature from the container wiggle the twigs to make sure it is secure. Add more twigs to connect any weak connections.

Lift away the armature

Glue in a few wild twigs to break the neat bowl shape and make it look more natural

Blow away the glue strands. See the detailed Tutorial below

Glue in dried roots

Add some lichen and green orchid stems

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