Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Tutorials
Craft a bottomless vase out of bark so that the floral stem is supported but can still stand in water to remain hydrated.
A quick solution for a minimal horizontal autumn display -on top of bud vases.
Create a dimensional wreath by assembling wreath vine to hug around an oblong container.
Pick away the ray floret so that the disk floret of a sunflower can be used as a flat surface to display your design on.
Place the floral details strategically on the edge of sturdier parts of the armature to keep the reed grid from collapsing under the weight of the floral details.
Use a wreath to keep flower and a heavy little ghost pumpkin in place in a small vase.
Instead of vegetable net bags becoming trash wrap it around your container for an instant armature. It even looks a bit like a spider web- perfect for a long lasting design as we...
Preserve some floral material to design with when it is but not quite Autumn outside.
Another version of a design idea I showed you last month... A vine wreath armature to balance a dramatic single stem anthurium. Only this time I take it a bit further.
Knit a corona (as in that inside skirt like part of a daffodil) by weaving a Ceropegia woodii vine around the stamen filament of a lily.
Using the design elements as mechanics to secure the design elements.