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From the bride-to-be to the professional florist, anyone planning a wedding should find ideas, inspiration and practical know how in this guide. The author has condensed years of experience into 18 themes to suit a wide range of styles, locations and budgets from headresses to centrepices and chairbacks. The wedding schemes are all accessible, with an emphasis on the beauty of the flowers. The guide explains how to create the perfect look for the bride and other important people, detailing all the factos to be considererd, such as the bride's personality, the dress and the venue. The title provides a chart of avaialbility and a list of suppleirs and web-sites
Begin your lifelong love affair with the mindful art of bonsai. Do you know your shari from your nebari? Can you tell literati styling from informal upright? Want to know how to create that gnarled and twisted look? Let Happy Bonsai guide you along the path to enlightenment, with care and display profiles for 40 top trees and fully illustrated step-by-steps of more than 20 bonsai techniques and styles. Find your perfect tree and discover how to prune, shape, and tend to its needs to create a beautiful living sculpture. Fall in love with this most meditative of garden crafts.
Expert teaching for curious and enthusiastic flower fans, both industry-trained and hobbyist. This approachable guide, featuring over 500 photos and companion commentary from an innovative floral educator, will take the mystery out of creating floral designs that are a step above the rest. By tapping into often-unexplored creative materials and techniques with 42 projects, Renee Tucci (AIFD, PFCI) takes the floral enthusiast on a journey through all layers of modern floral design. With this design inspiration and reference manual that expands on techniques in a real-world way, aspiring and seasoned designers will find encouragement to practice and hone techniques by traveling down a direct, step-by-step path. Important principles and elements of design are woven into the fibers of each project to give the reader a clear understanding of why and how each component is connected to the next. By working with and practicing each of these projects or techniques, learners see that the artistic options and applications are endless. Skills covered: Airbrushing. Banding. Basing. Binding. Braiding. Clustering. Collaring. Facing. Framing. Gluing. Grouping. Hand-Tying. Kubari. Lacing. Layering. Leafwork. Massaging. Pave. Pillowing. Reflexing. Sequencing. Shadowing. Sheltering. Staking. Tailoring. Terracing. Veiling. Weaving.
Outlines the four primary methods of drying flowers and foliage: air drying, silica gel drying, glycerine preserving and pressing. Diagrams accompany details of techniques which include gluing, waxing and sealing dried flowers. Twelve arrangement projects are also featured.
In 2013 designer and illustrator Michelle Mason co-founded Mason & Painter, a vintage emporium on Columbia Road, in east London, a street famed for its Sunday flower market. Michelle's inspiration for Flower Market: Botanical Style at Home is the wide variety of seasonal plants and flowers available right outside her shop. Buying locally and in tune with the seasons is at the heart of her philosophy Using salvage and reclaimed objects, vintage glassware and ceramics as props and backdrops, Flower Market is brimming with texture, pattern and exciting and inspiring ways to group and display flowers, plants and succulents. In Flower Market: Botanical Style at Home Michelle draws on her design experience, playing with shape, colour and composition to create stunning combinations showing how to make the most of fresh flowers and bring botanical style into the home.
Create your own beautiful floral table arrangements with expert advice from this team of master florists, brimming with professional expertise and the desire to share it. Featuring over 35 designs in a wide variety of styles, each flower arrangement is beautifully photographed to provide maximum inspiration for your floral designs. Step-by-step guidance on how to create each flower arrangement is given, with tips and techniques for working with silk flowers as well as fresh cut flowers. A helpful techniques section explains all the essential concepts of flower arranging, including soaking foam (oasis), selecting flowers, handling and conditioning flowers, advice on using containers and advice on the best flower arranging tools. The projects in the book are presented in three skill levels so you can start at Level 1 with simple table centrepieces and work up through Levels 2 and 3 to create more ambitious floral designs. There are flower arrangements to suit many different occasions including weddings, Christmas, vintage tea parties, mother s day, birthdays, family get-togethers, dinner parties and more, in a diverse range of themes and styles including pretty, clean, contemporary, bold, romantic, bright, zen, warm, sculptural and rustic. This book is a fantastic introduction to creating contemporary and beautiful flower arrangements at home, suitable for beginners needing step-by-step guidance and more experienced flower arrangers looking for some fresh ideas and inspiration."
Celebrate a loved one or add a touch of color to your home with
these twenty distinctive flower arrangements. Inspired by the
elegant and minimalist style of ikebana (the art of Japanese flower
arranging), and constructed using the techniques that promote the
functionality and portability of Western designs, these
arrangements place sophisticated style into small containers that
are easy to move from room to room or to the hands of a friend.
This beautiful book is a complete guide to creating innovative flower designs for any occasion or setting. The 150 step-by-step projects are organized within sections on Fresh Flowers, Dried Flower and Flowers for Special Occasions. The designs use every kind of flower, foliage or natural decoration, and range from simple and restrained to rich and flamboyant. Projects include anAurum Lily Vase, a Bride's Victorian Posy and a striking Flower Cone. Accessible to beginners, the range of ideas will challenge the most experienced flower designer. There is also advice on basic equipment, harvesting, seasonal availability and containers.
Silk Florals 101 for All Seasons offers a beautiful array of styles from classic to eclectic to country with designs for every month of the year. Whether you require a striking arrangement for a special holiday or want to create a soft romantic mood, you will find something to please the most discriminating taste. |
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