To make this piece, you actually need to let tulips sit outside of water before designing and before you can even design, you have to "treat" the flowers and sit them in an appropriate bucket so that they lean while they drink water. If you attempt to "bend" the stems when they are straight, you may end up snapping the stems instead of bending them. Can I also say that if I could do this over again, I would not use beargrass as it is very stiff and hard to bend consistently. Those suckers will drive you crazy as they don't always want to "form" this nice loop. And to make matters worse, often while working with beargrass, I cut my fingers. Ouch.
Tip: It helps that the vase is curved so that the stems and the grass will form to the shape of the glass.
Try this and let me know if you think this is harder than it looks or I'm just sort of incompetant!
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I agree with you Nancy - on both counts. It's harder than it looks, and working with tulips is not my favorite. They are flowers with a mind of their own. Plus - they grow after you arrange them, so this lovely arrangement will look floppy in a couple of days. You never see that side of them in the design books.
Garden Path. I love Tulips in a vase for my home but to create for a client, it's one of the hardest materials that look so good but never wants to stay in place...urgh? Another flower that has a mind of it's own include ranunculus. They don't move but the stems are never that straight.
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Wow. This is so gorgeous. This is amazing. I love it! Stunning!
Hi Nancy! That's a beautiful arrangement with gorgeous color. What goes in to "treating" tulips? The bucket needs to be shorter than the flowers so that they kinda hang over the sides?
It's incredibly beautiful. Cheers to you. I agree with Dawn. The color is really gorgeous. Great job. :)
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