Welcome to Artiflora Live
March 5th, 2008 Posted in UncategorizedHello flower friends. Let’s have a conversation. Let’s talk about flowers.
Artiflora Live is a new blog that gives me the opportunity to tell you what is happening in my home studio and gives you the ability to read and respond if you choose. Over the months ahead, I’ll tell you about the latest news in the flower industry, about how to care for your fresh cut flowers, about trends in contemporary European design and other things of interest in the flower world.
Just recently, I designed a contemporary piece for The Rendville Art Show, held here in Granville at Bryn Du Mansion. There’s a picture of the design on the Custom Order page. To create this piece, I used a soft wire product that I brought back with me from the Netherlands when I returned for advanced training there last April. I have never found this brightly colored special wire in the U.S. so, in itself, it offers interest. The piece was titled “Lilies Against the Wind,” and featured beautiful white Oriental Lilies standing in two levels in a swoosh of wire that was interwoven with Lily Grass. The wire was balanced on a fluted clear glass vase with washed river stones to anchor the design.
The next week, I designed pieces for an appearance of Yo Yo Ma at Denison University and adapted the wire swoosh using gorgeous red, yellow and green Parrot Tulips for one of them. Next month, I’ll continue my art at the Columbus Museum of Art, where I’m designing for Art in Bloom, a juried show that asks designers to create a floral design to compliment a piece of art in the permanent collection. By random drawing, I have chosen Lonely Flower by Paul Klee, a wonderful contemporary piece that I’m excited to work with. The show is April 18-20. If you live in Central Ohio, don’t miss it.
But when I’m not using flowers for artful purposes, I’m making hand-tied bouquets and setting them into vases in different and interesting ways. These are the orders I get from customers like you that I enjoy creating and delivering. Nothing brings me more pleasure than delivering flowers!