Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
Large Open Weave Twig Basket
- 8 April 2011
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I made a basket for my the Easter Parade demonstration that would look natural and even a little wild with sticks and tendrils sticking out. Something the Easter Bunny would weave and carry.
I wove the basket from vine and paper wire.
The green berries are paper covered baubles and the blossoms are dried hydrangea florets.
I filled it with Hot Cross Buns as Favors for the audience. The gifts also contained the Easter Egg Hunt prizes.
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Curl the wire at irregular intervals to create a natural wire tendril similar to that of a passion fruit plant
Once you figure out how to do the corners weaving a diagonal shape is actually not that hard to do.
Favourite Flowers
Hydrangea, when cultivated as a cut flower rather as a plant it is often revered to as Hortensia
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