Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Tutorials
create a cookie shaped armature for the chocolate cosmos flowers
Sink the tube in the design to rest on a few twigs
Cut a coiled vine wreath into sections to create an delicate armature to frame a few perfect chocolate cosmos flowers
I wanted a really delicate, see-through armature to frame my tiny flowers so I wove grass in panels around the vine shape
Soak a vine wreath to make it easier to manipulate into an armature deep enough to nestle plant material in
The flat surface of a piece of driftwood creates a base to design on
Glued Baby's Breath Wreath, folded in half to create a moon shaped armature
For my "I found it this way" Floral Art demonstration at The Capilano Flower Arranging club, I began all four of my designs with basic armatures made of Twig Tangles and we...