Julie Collins, Tina Parkes

Chic & Unique Flower Arrangements (eBook, ePUB)

Over 35 modern designs for simple floral table decorations

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Create your own beautiful flower arrangements with this illustrated guide featuring simple techniques, expert advice, and designs for every occasion.

Full of lush photography and creative inspiration, this practical guide features more than thirty-fivedesigns for simple floral table decorations. Covering a wide variety of styles, each project includes step-by-step instructions plus tips for working with fresh cut flowers or silk flowers. Featuring expert advice from a team of award-winning master florists, this volume includes:

• Arrangements to suit every occasion including weddings, Christmas, vintage tea parties, Mother's Day, birthdays, family get-togethers and dinner parties.
• Step-by-step advice on how to create each chic and unique design, with a helpful visual breakdown of the elements needed for each arrangement.
• An essential techniques section covers the basics of flower arranging, from selecting and handling flowers to the best flower arranging tools.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: David & Charles
• Seitenzahl: 130
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Mai 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781446362570
• Artikelnr.: 39486354

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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