My Creative Workbook

Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman

Unraveling fast

Unraveling fast floral art design.

frazzled at the seams..

Foliage weaving details

barely held together…

Pebbles, grass and butterfly orchids

unraveled

Weaving grass and floral foam pebbles

disentangled

Phalaenopsis orchids

Almost came undone..

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Tutorials

19 February 2011 Pebbles

Cut and smooth pebbles out of Rainbow Oasis

8 June 2011 Foliage Weaving

For this tutorial I focus on a simple weave pattern that does not require you to soften or prepare the leaves to be more durable or flexible. This is the starting point in...

Favourite Flowers

Phalaenopsis

Phalaenopsis, Moth orchid

Related Designs

22 June 2016 Perfection

Spiral grass to create a nest for the lady slipper orchids

17 May 2017 Nobody move!

Weave a small basket with a lid to keep fluffy treasures in

19 July 2017 Meraki

A grass armature for one perfect slipper orchid

29 May 2019 Creative Competition

This week I am so excited to share my article and design that was published in the recent issue of the Floral Art Society of New Zealand's Academy Magazine for NZ qualified...

26 June 2019 “Ok wow”

A design so fine you can easily miss it... if it were not for the interwoven pebbles catching your eye.

18 March 2020 Aerial Odyssey

A closer look at my design at Canada Blooms and The Toronto Flower Show last week. The show was cancelled right after we staged the designs due to COVID-19 concerns.