Floral Workshoop at Honolulu Museum of Art 10/1/22

 

Per Benjamin Workshop and Demo in Hawaii, Sept. 2015

Per's demo begins with his three circle carnation bouquet.

Explaining how to spiral all three rows of stems.

Adding more flowers and accessories for interest.

Collar of yarn and plastic strips is the base for a more organic arrangement.

Double carnation arch construction.

Beginning to add flowers too the feather bouquet.

Top of the feather bouquet before adding flowers to it.

Inverted yarn bouquet.

Using tropicals for an arc arrangement.

King Protea bouquet with the addition of more flowers.

Grass basket bouquet.  Note the handle.

Per's signature carnation heart bouquet.

Finished bouquets.

King Protea bouquet

Inverted yarn bouquet.

Ti leaf bouquet.

Class photo.  MAHALO Per for the inspiration!!

Western Floral Design - Foundation class at The Honolulu Museum of Art

This five week class covered basic floral design with a twist.  It was a fun mix utilizing some of the latest floral accessories such as aluminum wire and flat cane with flowers.  Some of the projects are shown below:

Contemporary boutonniere by Pokey.

Floral ring by Hisae.

The beginnings of a centerpiece using flat cane.

Flat cane centerpiece almost done.

Class photo with their armature arrangements.

"Euro" hand-tied & cascading bouquet workshop with René van Rems AIFD

The students came from the outer islands as well as Oahu to participate in the day long wedding bouquet workshop with awesome designer, Rene van Rems.

Rene demonstrating collar work using Lomey's wire collar.

Samples of bouquet styles from his first book, Rene's Bouquets for Brides.

Utilizing the new Diamond Mesh wrap

Lecture on stem insertions

Collar and handle treatments

Rene demonstrating how to do a spiral hand-tied bouquet

Julia and Tony in the front row, hard at work.

Clint and Terrie working on their collars.

Color enhancing some of the flowers with Design Master's "Just for Flowers"

Illustrating repetition of form/shape in different materials

Sarah and Alan working on their hand-tied bouquets

Mei and Carol working on their bouquets

Derek and Phoebe deep in concentration

Cory beginning his bouquet

Rene beginning work on a collar

Bev and her hand-tied bouquet

Charlie and Bob

Almost done

Finished, standing, spiraled, hand-tied

Leaf collar

How to use chenille and hydrangea

Finished collared bouquet

Ribbon treatment

Beginning a cascade, pendulum bouquet with lycopodium, green trick and purple crown flower lei

Adding green cymbidiums

Class working on their cascade bouquets.

"Bling" handle

Classic white and green cascade bouquet

Lilies,  stock, larkspur, roses, ivy, bear grass and queen anne's lace

Great class with their lovely bouquets!