Overview

Design with flowers in your own authentic, effortless style. In this picture filled guide you will find everything you need to know about crafting with natural design elements, developing your own effortless style of designing and creating meaningful and remarkable floral designs. Part how to and part why to, The Effortless Floral Craftsman systematically builds floral artistry as page after page reveals the expert design secrets and creative processes behind Christine de Beer's innovative, award winning floral designs. With 140 creative design examples and well over 300 step-by-step how to's, hints and core techniques- (that's just over 1000 full colour pictures throughout the book!) The Effortless Floral Craftsman is an allround creativity kickstarter for flower design enthusiast, regardless of their skill level, who believes in making an effort to create great work, not just ""good enough"" work, but their own brand of great.

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"""We're captivated by the elaborate (yet DIY-friendly) designs in Master Floral Artist, Christine de Beer's new book 'The Effortless Floral Craftsman, ' a floral crafter's guide to crafting with nature. You'll find 300 how to's, design tips and a ton of inspiration using plant materials. If you're a flower design enthusiast, you'll want to get your hands on this book!"" - Thalia Basulto, Marketing Associate - FiftyFlowers.com ""Wow!!, so many years of experience and creativity packed into one amazing book! Christine de Beer's amazing floral design book, The Effortless Floral Craftsman is truly a work of art! The book has design tips, design tool recommendations, caring for, drying and tying fresh cut flowers and the list goes on. If you are a designer, you are sure to find some new and fresh ideas!"" - Nancy Yowney, founder of Boutstix Floral Magnets ""The Effortless Floral Craftsman, a floral crafter's guide to crafting with nature provides a lot of fresh ideas for delicate floral designs and innovative use of materials. Christine de Beer's works show skill and have quite an impact, despite their modest appearance. A lovely source of inspiration; Christine's book is something to keep an eye out for, we really enjoyed it!"" - Pim van den Akker, Flower Factor"

We're captivated by the elaborate (yet DIY-friendly) designs in Master Floral Artist, Christine de Beer's new book 'The Effortless Floral Craftsman, ' a floral crafter's guide to crafting with nature. You'll find 300 how to's, design tips and a ton of inspiration using plant materials. If you're a flower design enthusiast, you'll want to get your hands on this book! - Thalia Basulto, Marketing Associate - FiftyFlowers.com Wow!!, so many years of experience and creativity packed into one amazing book! Christine de Beer's amazing floral design book, The Effortless Floral Craftsman is truly a work of art! The book has design tips, design tool recommendations, caring for, drying and tying fresh cut flowers and the list goes on. If you are a designer, you are sure to find some new and fresh ideas! - Nancy Yowney, founder of Boutstix Floral Magnets The Effortless Floral Craftsman, a floral crafter's guide to crafting with nature provides a lot of fresh ideas for delicate floral designs and innovative use of materials. Christine de Beer's works show skill and have quite an impact, despite their modest appearance. A lovely source of inspiration; Christine's book is something to keep an eye out for, we really enjoyed it! - Pim van den Akker, Flower Factor

Author Information

Christine de Beer is a Master Floral Artist known for her innovative and creative floral art objects and contemporary flower arrangements. She has a distinctive way of crafting with nature which has lead to her being listed as one of the today's most influential floral designers in the world. She has represented Canada in some of the best-known international design shows and has won awards for her floral art in South Africa, America, England, and Canada and her work has been featured in numerous publications, websites and magazines. She is also a columnist writing about floral craftsmanship in the global design inspiration magazine DIY Weddings. Christine studied traditional flower arranging both at college and as a postgraduate apprentice. She achieved her Master Florist/Advanced Floral Artist accreditation in 2010 after winning a design innovation award from the World Association of Floral Artists. As an experimental floral artist, Christine created the My Creative Workbook website (www.christinedebeer.ca) as a place to capture her floral art and techniques. It has grown into a design resource used by flower enthusiasts from all over the world looking for inspiration or searching for design tutorials. She is passionate about skills development and is a popular design demonstrator and active member of the international floral art club community. Christine designs and lives in Vancouver, Beautiful British Columbia, Canada, with her husband Marius.

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