Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Fold a Grass Disk
- 16 September 2015
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Cut small strips of double sided tape and adhere it to a Styrofoam disk
Smooth the tape down all around the disk
Turn the disk over and tape the other side
Remove the tape cover to expose the sticky side and fold a blade of grass to stick to both sides
Place the next blade of grass to slightly overlap the first blade so that the Styrofoam will still be covered when the grass dries and shrinks
Continue to add blades of grass
Adhere the grass to point into the armature, with all the blades facing the same direction
Open the double sided tape as you go along
Disk armature ready to design with
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