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Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Excogitate

Excogitate floral art design.

You live you learn

Long lasting ornamental cucumbers and air-plant display

You love you learn

Cake stand display with aerophytes and ornamental Cucumis.

You cry you learn

Rip a few leaves to soften the design

You lose you learn

Cake stand display

You bleed you learn

Tillandsia and ornamental cucumbers

You scream you learn

Aerophytes and ornamental Cucumis with ripped leaves on a cake stand

You grieve you learn

Wired foliage rings

You choke you learn

Cucumis and Tillandsia

You laugh you learn

Ornamental Cucumbers

You choose you learn

Monochrome design

You pray you learn

Wired foliage around Cucumis and Tillandsia

You ask you learn

Long lasting design

You live you learn

Lyrics: You learn by Alanis Morissette

Excogitate
Verb: Learn from, Think out, plan, or devise.
Synonyms: invent, devise, contrive, think up, concoct

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Tutorials

Wired Foliage Circles
20 November 2013 Wired Foliage Circles

Manipulate leaves into a wired circle

Ripping Flax
14 January 2011 Ripping Flax

Flax can be ripped into fibres creating long and versatile strips

Favourite Flowers

Tillandsia - Air plants
Tillandsia

Air plants

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Strangeness
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