Despite floral design being centuries old - there are always new ways to design being thought up or adapted from old designs. I am a mechanics nerd - in that I love learning and trying out new ways to make things - and teaching those ways...
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The latest competition was based on the theme - Fan-atical about Fashion Class 1: Fan-atical about Fashion - incorporating a fan(s) and/or plant material which resembles fan(s) Awarded: Very Highly Commended Class 2: Autumn's Ensemble Class 3: Layers of Mystique Awarded: First and Best on Show Class 5: Stylishly Svelte Awarded: Commended Class...
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I love the challenge of doing a floral design, using limited botanicals - whether its just 1 aspect of the botanical, or all parts of it, including roots, foliage, flowers, stems. I made these designs on a wire base, with the haircomb wiring technique and then...
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I love that European floral design (a specific set of elements and principles and design schema) can be made sustainable fairly easily as it relies quite a lot on structures, which are frequently reusable, either in part or in the components I saw this brass tray...
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I love to learn. I get bored easily, so constantly learning new things in my areas of joy, like floral design, are one of the ways I keep stimulated and inspired. And as I learned from the great master florist, Gregor Lersch, I can learn something...
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