Chic & Unique Flower Arrangements

Over 35 Modern Designs for Simple Floral Table Decorations

Julie Collins, Tina Parkes (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

128 Seiten

2013
David & Charles (Verlag)
9781446303290 (ISBN)

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Create your own beautiful floral table arrangements with expert advice from this team of master florists. Featuring over 35 designs in a wide variety of styles, each arrangement is shown step-by-step making it simple to create stunning floral designs at 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.

Julie Collins and Tina Parkes are Master Florists who run the Academy of Floral Art, a unique school offering both professional and recreational floristry courses and workshops in London, Bristol and Exeter. They have trained 14 new Master Florists (the top British qualification in floristry) in the last two years, representing 40% of the UK's total number of Master Florists. A quarter of the floristry entries to Chelsea in 2012 were former Academy students and all six won medals.

INTRODUCTION
GETTING STARTED

LEVEL 1
Candle magic
Modern simplicity
Linking the line
Round and wound
Pretty pail
Crisscross callas
Floral cupcakes
Orchid rock pool
On the beach
Little pots
Vintage vase

LEVEL 2
Floating grasses
Hazel twists
Country basket
By the sea
Sunny meadow
Fields of gold
Flower sushi
Hazy days
Pretty in pink
Flowers in a teacup
Lighting the way
Orchid heart

LEVEL 3
Ring of roses
Summer bouquet
Along the fence
Square within a square
Calla romanesque
Hearts and flowers
Horizontal blaze
Festive ring
Eye-catching elegance
Myrtle hedgerow
On the champagne trail
Woodland tranquility
Wild twigs

TECHNIQUES
Equipment
Selecting containers
Soaking floral foam
Wrapping foam in cellophane
Preparing flowers and foliage
Making hay containers
Working with artificial flowers
Spiralling stems
Maintaining designs
Disposing with a design

USEFUL CONTACTS AND SUPPLIERS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHORS
INDEX

Erscheint lt. Verlag	31.5.2013
Reihe/Serie	Chic & Unique
Zusatzinfo	250 Illustrations
Verlagsort	Newton Abbot
Sprache	englisch
Maße	9 x 220 mm
Gewicht	439 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Kreatives Gestalten
ISBN-13	9781446303290 / 9781446303290
Zustand	Neuware