Dec
26
Written by:
Yvonne Ashton
12/26/2011 11:12 AM
We have shared with you Beth O’Reilly’s and Steven Santos’ vision for “The Art of Flowers” contest boxes. Today, with only until this Wednesday to register for the contest, we are going to share with you Joanna Park’s vision. Again, all three designers received them same flowers, but their each of their floral art pieces took different directions. Thank you to Beth, Joanna, and Steven for helping us with this experiment and getting us excited for our upcoming contest!
I love designing the unexpected. For me, each piece needs to have enough of an appeal to stop someone in their tracks and take a closer look. Both of these designs are non-traditional and a true reflection of me. So, in honor of celebrating "The Art of Flowers" and floral artisans, cheers to you! Enjoy!
For the exotic mix box, I wanted the flowers to look like they were floating - almost like an illusion. So I wired the orchids onto the horsetail. And I used a clear tape grid over the top of the vase to hold the horsetail under water and give the the orchids on top a floating look.
_thumb.jpg "Floral Sense (www.floral-sense.com)")
The top image is created out of the Exotic wholesale box that contains the following wholesale flowers: 5st Mokara Dendro, 1st Mini Cymbidium, 10st Mini Calla, 1bu Horsetail, 1bu Ti Leaves, 5st Umbrella Fern, 3st Ginger.
For the garden mix, I wanted to play up textures so I went with a more geometric look to enhance the focus on the varied textures. The bear grass was woven into floral foam around the roses. There was only one rose which was hand opened and used as the focal point of the arrangement. There was such a great selection of non-florals (ie. all the great greenery) that I used the geenery as the main design elements rather than the actual flowers. I know it’s a bit unorthodox but that was what inspired me!
_thumb.jpg "garden design with galax, ivy, dianthus, roses")
_thumb.jpg "garden design with wholesale galax, ivy, dianthus, roses")
The bottom two images are of a design created from the Garden wholesale box that consists of: 3st Succulents, 1bu Dusty Miller, 1bu Curly Willow Tips, 12st Roses, 5st Green Ball Dianthus, 1bu Ivy green, 1bu Lily Grass, and 1bu Galax.
Don’t miss out on all the fun and amazing prizes! Be sure to register for our National Design Contest by December 28th! Get all the details here.
Here’s how to connect with Joanna:
http://www.floral-sense.com
http://floralsense.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Floral-Sense-LLC/23317459976?ref=ts
https://twitter.com/#!/FloralSenseLLC