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by Paula Pryke In this full colour hard covered book London Florist Paula Pryke takes 21 flowers common to the flower markets worldwide. Each flower is scrutinized in depth, its history, conditioning, varieties, care and what to look for when buying from a market or florist. Each of the 3-4 pages dedicated to that flower has designs using that flower for inspiration. Two more pages are dedicated to a step by step arrangement using that flower, giving you 21 lessons in all as well as the comprehensive information. This is an excellent book for the beginning florist, or the floral designer who buys all their flowers from a florist or the flower markets. Paula's modern designs and wealth of knowledge will give you a firm foundation in using successfully, the 21 most common flowers. |
Flower Arranging Style: An International Collection of Ideas and Inspirations for All Seasons
by Judith Blacklock This book is so full of information it could be the complete text for a floristry or floral art course. Judith Blacklock is the editor of the UK 'Flower Arranger', and also runs her own successful floristry/floral art school in London, and she has put her full knowledge into this book. Full of text with smaller colour photos, it is not a coffee table book, but a solid book of information and instruction. The 'getting started' section will take you through available flowers season by season, then on to the elements and principles of design, containers and equipment. A chapter on traditional English design follows and then a full section on design styles, and drying plant material. Show work, designs for special occasions, festivals, shows and weddings are included all with excellent text and examples. The final chapters show flower styles from many countries completing one of those authorative texts that is excellent for reference, inspiration and instruction. |
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Malcolm
Hillier is a prolific author of Floral art and Floristry books. The problem
is that he often repeats designs and chapters in several books and you pay
for the same information twice if you own several of his works.If you don't
want to get caught this way, I suggest you only own one Malcolm Hillier book
and that one is
Not
pictured, this is a huge hardcover that is most of his books in one
volume. It becomes a mighty reference as well as being packed full of designs
to try step by step. Starting with 'Flowers in Civilization' it covers the
history of flower arranging with illustrations from artifacts from those
periods, and then covers the colour theory and design elements and
principles of good design. The rest of the book is divided into sections
with up to 16 designs in each section with step by step instructions. They
cover fragrant display, quick creation, posies and bouquets, candles
and fairy lights, flowers for the table, floor standing displays, structured
displays, grand displays, tiny designs, long lasting dried arrangements.
The final section is a reference by alphabet and colour of plant material,
and practical techniques.
'Flowers For The Home' (left) is a separate book just covering the chapter in the bigger volume above with over 70 designs to try, colour and design theory, wiring, preserving, sugaring and drying techniques. This is ideal if you don't need all the information of the more comprehensive text |
Flower Style: The Ftd Guide to Flowers in Your Home
by Pat Ross This is a full colour glossy book with a large number of photos. The first 60 pages covers flower types, care, cutting and tips for buying. The second half goes through the design principles and elements and colour theory It features simple designs in vases, requiring very little artistic creativity, as each is really a bunch of flowers in a container. The text covers flower identification, flowers by colour, and useful tips and is a great book for selecting and buying flowers from the florist for informal vase design or bouquets for the home decorator. |
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Flowers A to Z
by Cecelia Hefferman This book features huge colour plates with flower close-ups which would be great as a coffee table book, but it is the sparse text that gives the pearls of wisdom. Unusually set out, the text is numbered lists giving excellent tips, hints and ideas under the headings 'Care and Conditioning', 'Growing' and 'Arranging'. The second section of the book features 2 pages on each flower, about 60 flowers have been selected in total. Each 2 page section covers the name, how to maintain freshness and vase life, the flower meaning, arranging and growing tips. Do not expect step by step instructions for specific designs. |
