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for flower lovers
Your tutor
Bart Hassam
Bart is an Australian florist who
is already standing out for his creativity. His list of floristry awards has become legendary and he is a popular international demonstrator.You can find the full list of his achievements and his contact details at
www.designerflorist.com
DVD: Melbourne
Visit the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show and see the work of Bart Hassam as well as many other very talented Australian floral designers.
. This is Bart Hassam's original piece .He uses skeletonised leaves, roses, freesias, seed heads, lambs ear, ivy leaves, hydrangeas, and twigs in a white and green colour scheme. Robyn Brown in New Zealand led a workshop following his method, which you can also try below; .  |
.  You will need a 30 cm diameter shallow dish, the plastic drip tray for a pot plant is ideal. Soak 3 blocks of floral foam and insert them into the tray so they are well above the tray rim. |
 Cut the foam with a knife so the blocks fit snugly and then chamfer the edges so they slope in towards the centre gently.I marked the middle of the foam with a circle (using the bottom of a bucket) so I did this evenly. |
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You are now going to add leaves around the outside of the rim in 3 layers. Ivy or Fatsia works well or a mixture if you haven't enough. Put the first layer sloping downwards right on the rim of the tray spaced so each leave just touches the one beside it. The second layer is above the first and inserted in the gaps between the first layer. The third layer is again above the second in the gaps. This should have taken the leaf layers to the top of the chamfered floral foam. |
 Arrange group of flowers in the top, not in formal pattern, and have some raised up and others level with the floral foam. |
 Keep adding until the foam is completely covered, and extend some of the flowers on long stems out to the edges of the design. |
 Add the caspia or similar above the flowers, extending out past the edges of the leaves, outwards rather than upwards |
 Add skeletonised leaves and you are finished! |
The workshop participants allowed us to photograph their work and these we share with you. Enjoy!
 Tricia Legg used orchids, chrysanthemums and leucodendron flowers, with a mixture of ivy, magnolia and fatsia leaves, overlaid with caspia. |
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 Jessie McLeod used ivy leaves with roses, carnations, and the amethyst Heuchera leaves with a vine overlay |
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 Ivy Wright uses red roses, yellow carnations, geranium leaves, and mingimingi vine as the overlay |
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 Dorothy Davies used pink roses, carnations, aloesmeria, variegated honesty leaves with magnolia and fatsia leaves. |
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Learn how to manipulate Flax, Palms, Strelitzia and Aspidistra on CD CLICK HERE
