Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Spider-mum
- 31 October 2018
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Cut eight twigs with interesting curves in them.
Pick the petals from a chrysanthemum.
Match the twigs into pairs and glue them to the chrysanthemum (sepal and receptacle).
Add a tiny forked twig as fangs.
Set the spider-mum into the design. You can let the chrysanthemum wither up adding more character or (as I did in this design) add a tiny test tube to keep the disk floret hydrated
See the Tutorial below for more detailed instructions on how I make tiny test tubes from drinking straws.
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Tutorials
When you need to keep a tiny stem hydrated this is just what you need.
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Chrysanthemum or "mums"
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