Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Rock steady for tiny floral details
- 26 June 2024
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Lean a large pebble or rock in a glass display container.
This week in our email I show you how to prevent your glass containers from getting scratched by rough or heavy mechanics like rocks or pebbles. If you are not yet signed up (the sign up is below this post) I send out an email every Wednesday morning to let you know that the new design is ready for you to have a look at.... with a tiny craftsmanship detail for you so that you can get even more value out of our weekly flower lesson. You are welcome to reply to the email if you have a question... or say hi. It is always nice to hear from you.
Prepare the poppies to make sure it stays beautiful in your design.
See the Tutorial below for more detailed instructions on how to condition poppies. You use a slightly different method when you design with the flowers in glass... but I show you both methods so that you can choose what suits you best.
Pour in some water to fill the container around the pebble.
Slip in the fresh floral details between the rock and the glass vase. I used buds, open flowers and seedheads in my design.
The tiny gap between the pebble and the glass keeps the flowers exactly where you want to place them without crushing or constricting the stems.
Slip in a few blades of lily grass.
Book readers turn to page 288 where I show you how to manipulate grasses. For more information about my book: The Effortless Floral Craftsman
but to get you started you will also find a Tutorial for another method below this post. Both work great, the one in my book is a bit more advanced and gives you tighter curls.
Weave two grasshoppers from palm leaves.
The detailed Tutorial is below this post.
Curl the grasshopper antennae to match the grass.
Add the grasshoppers to the design.
Design tip: always give your accessories something interesting to look at... or to chat to. Nothing should ever look like they are desperately trying to get away.
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