My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Sliced Grassy Cabbage

Let the cabbage rest on a working surface to find it's natural balance point

Slice a chunk away from the cabbage on the opposite side of the stem so that the head stays intact.

Cut open a lemon and rub it over the cabbage to prevent it from going brown

Place the stems of the plant material in the leaf cavities

Thin stems can be hydrated by sinking thin drinking straws filled with water in the cavities

See the Tutorial below for more detailed instructions on how I make a water source from drinking straws

Press the firm part of a blade of grass between the cabbage leaves to make it stand upright

Work from one side and slowly add blades of thin grass

Adding blade after blade to almost completely cover the surface

Gather the grass and let it curl over your hand

Coaxing it into a permanent curve

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