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Books for beginners and novices to flower arranging and floral art, working with silk and dried flowers.
"The
Art Of Arranging Silk Flowers" by Emilio Robba This beautiful book shows
you how to create designs so the silk flowers you use, look natural
and beautiful. You will learn how to design using flowers arranged
as if they are in water, in floral foam, and as hand-held bouquets.
There is a large section on
using the silk flowers so they look really natura,l with petals apparently
falling off onto the table below, or arranged as if you have just
picked them from out of a summer garden.
The instructions are step by
step, with excellent advice and clear, accompanying photographs.
The style of the arrangements is very natural and casual, with
seasonal suggestions to continue the illusion that these designs are created
with fresh flowers.
Full colour, with a section of suppliers
worldwide at the back, this is a great book for beginners.
"The
Book of Dried Flowers: A Complete Guide to Growing, Drying and Arranging"
by Malcolm Hillier.
Malcolm Hillier
has authored many books, each gives you great value for money,
this one is no exception. Featuring 192 pages of information, designs,
instructions and ideas makes this the book you will have in your
library for quite some time as you will always get new ideas from
it.
The first
section gives ideas for plant materials to dry in the five basic
colour ranges, and the second deals with tools, techniques and materials
you need. From there, the next 4 sections are full of
page after page of instructions for fans, posies, bouquets,
wreaths, ropes, swags, tables, walls, ceilings, pedestals...the list could
fill this section! Finally you find the list of suppliers, and drying skills
you need.
Colour photos
are clear, the text easy to follow, and instructions are well written.
Great for
you if you are a beginner or experienced, as you will find new ideas to
try, gift ideas to sell or give away or techniques to master.
"How
to Arrange Flowers "by Taeko Marvelly
If you have
always wanted detailed instruction in the English Traditional or classic
style of flower arranging, this is the book for you. You will learn
with step by step written instructions how to create all the geometrical
shapes of this style of arranging. Eighteen sets of instructions
cover triangles, crescents, Hogarth, rectangles and lots more. Each
lesson is accompanied by a full colour photo of the completed design and
a few of the steps in between.
The first part
of this 129 page paperback also gives you instruction on suitable
containers, plant material and equipment you need, making
it a complete book of instruction and all you need for teaching yourself
the classic styles.
