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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Willow Spring

I use a few willow tips that I wire into a garland to make the spiral. See the Tutorial below for detailed instructions.

Find the middle point of a willow twig garland.

Mark the middle point temporarily with florist tape.

The one half of the garland is wrapped clockwise and the other counter clockwise

Pin this garland to a sheet of Styrofoam with a hairpin wire. Let the end of the garland point away from the Styrofoam and slowly start to manipulate the fresh willow tip garland to spiral out, working your way to the middle point.

See the Tutorial below for more information on how to Manipulate twigs

Slowly spiral the garland and pin it into position. Make sure not to snap or sharply bend the twigs

Pin the other end to a second sheet of Styrofoam

And spiral the willow twig garland back in

Place the two Styroofoam sheets on top of each other and set aside for the twigs to dry

Remove the hairpins carefully

And uncoil the spring

Unpin the other half

Glue in a few grape vine tendrils

The spring is ready to design with

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