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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

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Squigly vine twig armature
17 February 2016
Squigly vine twig armature

Loosely entwine vine stems
Free Standing Twig and Wire Heart Armature
10 February 2016
Free Standing Twig and Wire Heart Armature

Bend wires and fill in the gabs with Stillingia twigs to make a delicate heart armature
Connect the dot grass Armature
3 February 2016
Connect the dot grass Armature

Connect the ends of grass snippets to create a spherical grass armature
Sprouting willow armature
27 January 2016
Sprouting willow armature

Carefully manipulate and bend green willow stems to place in water to sprout as an armature for tulips to mature and open
Sticks stuck in a twig on sticks armature
20 January 2016
Sticks stuck in a twig on sticks armature

Drill holes in twigs to insert fine sticks to create a delicate armature
Stacked Grass Pyramid Armature
13 January 2016
Stacked Grass Pyramid Armature

Stack snippets of grass on a wire frame to make a floating pyramid armature
Moss Colombina inspired mask
6 January 2016
Moss Colombina inspired mask

Cover a mask shape with moss and succulents for a long wearing mask
Eucalyptus rose
30 December 2015
Eucalyptus rose

Release the soothing effect of the aroma and vapors from the Eucalyptus leaves my slightly crushing it while making roses
Barely There Skeleton Leaf Gift Box
23 December 2015
Barely There Skeleton Leaf Gift Box

Skeleton leaves create a light and ethereal gift box
Ivy vine Christmas tree mobile
16 December 2015
Ivy vine Christmas tree mobile

Twist ivy vines around a cardboard shape to create a lace fine Christmas tree mobile.
Kalanchoe Christmas Bauble
16 December 2015
Kalanchoe Christmas Bauble

The delicate Kalanchoe flowers last surprisingly well without a water source and is ideal for glue techniques
Scalable twig and Phalaenopsis orchid winterscape panel
9 December 2015
Scalable twig and Phalaenopsis orchid winterscape panel

This design can easily scale up or down by using larger or smaller pieces of wood to create a larger wall panel or make a few of these panels to stack as tiles to create a more easily manageable composite