Work Experience - Grandma's Funeral
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| My Grandparents garden 20/03/2014 |
Unfortunately my Grandmother passed away, and my pathway into floristry was originally inspired by my grandparents, so I made it my duty to create floral tributes to her fantastic life.
My grandparents garden is a maze of glorious flowers and huge trees, finding suitable foliage and flowers was tricky especially when i had already bought some key pieces my designs had to surround. I bought Gerbera, Calla Lily's, tulips and bear grass originally.
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| Feather Hand Tie 20/03/2014 |
Small Hand Tie - A simple effective design made with calla Lily's, bear grass and broom found in grandmas garden. Fresh, peaceful composition with muted spring colours. The feather is a tribute to her life as she worked with birds till she retired, the colours from the macaw feather also give it more vibrancy. Was happy with my overall workmanship of this piece, i wished i had left the stems a little longer as the overall size of the hand tie was petite.
This creation was placed on the end of an aisle in the crematorium.
Gerbera Arrangement Piece - Gerberas, bear grass; broom and Palm Leaves from the garden.
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| Gerbera Table Arrangement 20/03/2014 |
This was the table centrepiece to sit in front of grandmas history of photos. The overall design works and has great movement from both the groom and leaf manipulation. The line in the Gerberas has been lost as the spacing between is too close. Colours are natural, fresh.
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| Arrangement 20/03/2014 |
I wish i had covered my oasis more. To stop the oasis from showing (especially as the size of the oasis was too big to start) i constructed a twig basket that resembled a nest. this is perfect for grandma and her life history!!!!
Coffin Cross
This was most tricky to create. This piece has been recycled from last week. Ive changed the overall design because of the choice of flowers i had bought and what i could use at grandmas house. I was totally inspired by my grandmothers bird of Paradise plant and blue orchid plant in her conservatory so i used the lines of the Paradise flower to outline the cross shape and the orchid as a focal point. The tulips were simply manipulated thought the cross. The colours were bright and tropical the shape of the bird of Paradise flower compliments the cross's texture. If i was to do this again i would match all the designs together as they all have nothing in common and my workmanship skill need tweaking.
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| Cross design 20/03/2014 | |
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| close up 20/03/2014 |
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