BOUQUETS TO ARTS 2013

Well, here we are again. it's that time of year when my creativity is once again put to the test. Bouquets to Arts, is a yearly fund raiser for the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. It is a week long exhibit where floral pieces inspired by works of arts are featured for the public to enjoy.

This year I was given my first choice, "5 PLATES" by Brice Marden, 1973. I was really attracted to these prints, simple lines with blocks of light and shadow. I thought, during selection day,  "Oh yeah,  some painting plus white flowers and I'm done, easy"  YEAH SURE !!! But, as my fellow designers would attest to, the ideas that come to your head during selection day oftentimes turn out to be not the best when it comes to mechanics and execution. The popular line amongst designers is " what was I thinking ?" hahaha. BUT (again) it does work out in the end. No matter how many  changes you go through in your  mind and the many trials and errors. There is no denying, one must come up with a museum worthy piece.

After custom ordering a custom made lucite container, where I thought I would hang an all white pave'd arrangement, I realized too late that the hanging piece would prove to be too heavy!! A total waste. So I decided to use my existing trays and asked my assistant,  to add panels on all sides to give an illusion of a frame. I decided to recreate the prints (intaglio print on paper) by replicating blocks of Blacks (with black painted dogwood branches) and white flowers with  lisianthus, rununculous, spray roses, Akito roses, bottom pom pom, freesias and carnations giving it textures, depth and movement .

and the final product  TADAA!!

MATERIALS USED: 

CARNATIONS, DOGWOOD BRANCHES, ANEMONE, FREESIAS, RANUNCULUS, BOTTOM POMPOM, LISIANTHUS , ROSES, AND SPRAY ROSES, HEDERA BERRIES 

LE ROUGE

On what  day can be more romantic to celebrate your anniversary than on Valentine's day? This was what Kendra, a statuesque, poised lady, had in mind when she came to me a year early to discuss her wedding florals, February 14 2013. From the very beginning we were talking RED, well of course. Doing an all red roses on valentine's day would prove very costly. As you may well know roses go up by 100 percent as far as cost are concern. No matter what,  pricing is always a concern, and I always try to stay true to my client's vision as close as I can with the budget I am given as long as it in the realm of reason. In this case, on an normal day,  would have been more spot on, but on Valentine's day, I had to do some creative interpretation to get the volume, I know Kendra had in mind.  I suggested we added white, white hydrangeas so as to make the pieces large and to give more impact and presence specially at Kohl mansion with it's high ceilings and wooden walls.(white would make red pop more)