BOUQUETS TO ARTS 2011- THE DE YOUNG MUSEUM

BOUQUETS TO ARTS IS A YEARLY FUND RAISER EVENT  HELD AT THE DE YOUNG MUSEUM "  HOSTED BY  FINE ARTS MUSEUMS OF SAN FRANCISCO AND SPEAR HEADED BY THE EVER GRACIOUS MS. BARBARA HARBINSON,. IT IS A WEEK LONG EVENT IN WHICH AN ART PIECE IS INTERPRETED  IN FRESH FLOWERS BY FLORAL ENTHUSIASTS AND LEADING FLORAL DESIGNERS.

THE PROCESS BEGINS AT A "SELECTION DAY" TWO MONTHS BEFORE , ON THIS  DAY, WE ARE ASKED TO PICK  5 ART PIECES WITH A 1-5 DEGREE OF PREFERENCE. 1ST , 2ND CHOICE .... ONE OF  WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY BE  ASSIGNED TO YOU A MONTH BEFORE THE ACTUAL EXHIBIT.  

"THE LIMITED" , 1931 BY REGINALD MARSH (1898-1954) TEMPERA ON CANVASS , DEPICTING ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS STEAM ROLLER TRAIN OF THE ERA,THE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD BROADWAY THE LIMITED, I BELIEVE WAS MY FIRST CHOICE, WHEN I PICKED THIS PAINTING, I HAD A DESIGN IDEA AND MATERIALS I WOULD BE USING IN MIND,  HOW I WOULD EXECUTE IT  WAS ANOTHER STORY AND  WAS TO BE DEALT WITH LATER ON.  I KNEW I WANTED SOME "SMOKE" LIKE STUFF TO HOVER ABOVE THE TRAIN.THE  CHALLENGE WAS HOW TO FLOAT THE PLUMES , THAT  IMAGE I SAW IN MY MIND .TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THE EVENT "DING DING DING DING !! AN EPIPHANY - TAP PLASTIC" IN SAN MATEO. A GO TO PLACE FOR FLORAL AND EVENT PLANNERS AND I FOUND OUT  LATELY CATERERS, FOR  CUSTOM MADE CONTAINERS.

I THOUGHT OF GIVING AN ILLUSION OF THE PLUMES BY MAKING BALLS OF BABY'S BREATHE TIGHTLY CLUSTERED TOGETHER AND RAISING THEM ON TOP ROWS OF RECTANULAR VASES  WITH THIN RODS OF CLEAR ACRYLIC  WOULD GIVE IT THE EFFECT OF BEING SUSPENDED .THE  RECTANGULAR VASES WILL BE  LINED WITH REDDISH DOGWOOD BRANCHES AND PAVE'D WITH FLOWERS IN THE COLORS OF THE TRAIN'S.REDDISH  BROWNS AND MUTED ORANGES..BELOW ARE IMAGES OF THE FINSIHED PROJECT.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?