My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Wool Wire

Saturate wool with wood glue

Saturate wool with wood glue

Gently trail the wool around the wire.

Gently trail the wool around the wire.

Set aside to dry for a few hours.

Shape the wire and add to the design.

Shape the wire and add to the design.

Every week I add a new design with related tutorials. Be sure to subscribe to receive an email notification with design inspiration.

Tutorials

1 March 2011 Paper covered Wire

Cover the wire with the raffia

30 March 2011 Wired Monkey Vine

This wired rope is inspired by Monkey vine that you see hanging from trees. It is strong, rough and very tough. Covering the rope with mud will add texture and it also insulate...

22 February 2012 Coiled Grass Armature

Connect grass covered wire rings with short reed sections to create a natural looking Floral Art armature

23 March 2012 Curl Equisetum shoots into a snail shell spiral

Equisetum is hollow and jointed resembling miniature bamboo but it can be shaped into spirals by wiring the shoots

12 June 2012 Delicate Decorative Barbed Wire

Very thin barbed wire to add contrast to a soft and fluffy design

1 February 2011 Felt

How to tangle wool into felt and make pebbles, felt strips and test tube covers

Related Designs

21 August 2012 Just Right! Floral Art demonstration: Too Cold!

My first design in my demonstration at the BC Floral Art Society meeting

30 November 2022 Take a bough… it’s Christmas time!

A wool and twig snowflake design (made from candy canes!) that will last the entire Festive Season.

21 June 2023 Floral Hurricane

My Floral Hurricane design entry for the BC Floral Art Society mini show competition

10 July 2024 Still wrapping my head around this one

Craft a haze of green around a log for a sweet pea swirl effect.