Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Hiding a secret water source in a twig frog
- 27 April 2016
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Conditioning new growth and sprouts are difficult because the little sprouts have not had time to fully develop its cellular structure to survive being cut and taking up water on its own. The cells will collapse within hours from severing and the beautiful new growth will wilt looking limp in your design. But new growth looks so fantastic and it is always tempting to try to include it. See the Tutorial below on my secret trick on how to "condition" new growth
Place a glass container on it side. Place twigs in the container
Setting the container on its side makes it easier to stack the twigs
Keep adding twigs
For a more detailed Tutorial on how to stack the twigs see the Twig Spiral tutorial below
Fill the glass container with twigs
Carefully set the glass container up-right
Take hold of the twigs and give it a twist.
The twigs are now at an angle in the container
Place a sprouting willow twig in a large water filled tube
And set it deep in the twigs.
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