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Gather
a collection of coloured flaxes, all sizes and widths and a small amount
of flower material, in this case, euphorbia.
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"Prepare
your rolled flax leaves first," Joan suggests as she normally sits and
does all she needs before she starts a design. To roll the flax take
a piece and stroke it several times in the palm of your hand. This warms
it up so it will roll smoothly.Then trim the top to a point to remove any
untidy tops,and make it look neater. Cut the bottom of the stem into
an arrow shape
 leaving
the hard centre of the flax only which will eventually to go into the floral
foam.
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the base of the design, glue two mirror tiles together, and attach wetted
floral foam in a cage or netting to one of the corners of the tile, with
oasis fix or tape.Check it is held firmly.
Cover the foam with green moss and then start adding the rolls of flax. "Make the rolls happy," says Joan, and put them in the foam turning upwards.Add in the big green ones, then the other colours, varying the sizes and widths to add interest.Some of the rolls will be too long, so recut the ends and save these pointed lengths to add to your design. |
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Now
add the euphorbia in the gaps, and tuck them into the base of the design.Add
two long lengths of unrolled fax into the top to give the design
height.
Joan's tip is to wipe a small amount of oil or milk on the dull side of the flax to bring the colour out,. However don't make it too shiny as the viewer's eye will always go to the shiny plant material first and this will spoil the overall effect. "You
can adapt this design for a wedding very easily by adding white or yellow
roses to a green and golden yellow flax design.
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Chris Hodge from Paihia attended Joan's workshop and then produced this lovely design.The theme was "Totally Wild" and featured huge black spiders, a web and rolled, plaited, and spiked flax, set on a driftwood base.She selected red, yellow, brown and green flax with yellow flax flowers tucked in to the rolls. Chris's business, Flaxability, is designing flax creations, see left. |
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| The
Floral Artist's Guide: A Reference to Cut Flowers and Foliages
by Pat Diehl Scace
This comprehensive resource
serves as a pictorial guide to over 500 different types of cut flowers,foliage,
and dried materials for all levels of floral designers. It offers a complete
guide to the botanical and common names, pronunciation, family name and
related flowers, colors and availability, and the unique properties of
each flower. This valuable guide includes information from
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 In this exquisitely photographed volume of cutting edge floral design, decorator and Dutch flower shop owner Daniel Ost's shows his innovative floral and leaf/branch/twig sculptures, in greens, browns and multi-colored flora. He attempts to bring us into a totally new realm of plants and flowers as art and architecture. The narrative is written in three languages The photography demands that the reader extend his or her senses to try to understand how articles formerly animate could possibly be intertwined into seemingly brand new, even shockingly nouveau, inanimate statements of artistic freedom: More.... |
