Flower School

Flower School

Author: Paula Pryke

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781903221372

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The essentials of the authors flower school program in London are offered in an illustrated guide that features step-by-step instructions, clearly defined photographs, original ideas, and invaluable techniques for flower arrangers of any skill level.


Paula Pryke's Flower School

Paula Pryke's Flower School

Author: Paula Pryke

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2006-02-14

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0847828050

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Paula Pryke is one of the world's leading floral designers and an inspiration to novices and experts alike. Her flower school in London, which attracts students worldwide, provides one of the most sought-after credentials for anyone serious about mastering the art of floral design. Now with Flower School, Pryke offers the essentials of her London program in gorgeously illustrated text, allowing readers to feel as if they have enrolled in her school. Simple step-by-step instructions and clearly defined photographs make even the most ambitious design achievable. Drawing on her signature designs, she discusses design rules, color concepts, equipment, and flower preparation, and then offers a series of formal lessons on hand-tied bouquets, the use of water in containers, wirework, and designing for special events. This impressive collection is rounded out with a flower directory detailing those flowers and plants best suited to Pryke's dramatic approach to floral artistry. Packed with original ideas and invaluable techniques, this comprehensive volume is an inspirational sourcebook for flower arrangers of any level.


Flowers: the Complete Book of Floral Design

Flowers: the Complete Book of Floral Design

Author: Paula Pryke

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 9780847826438

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A lavishly illustrated manual profiles more than eighty projects divided into classic and contemporary styles as one of the leading floral designers in the world today provides step-by-step instructions and techniques for creative floral arrangements. 15,000 first printing.


Flowers, Flowers!

Flowers, Flowers!

Author: Paula Pryke

Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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An astonishingly beautiful yet totally practical book on flower arranging, Flowers, Flowers! gives suggestions for arrangements and bouquets suitable for all occasions and celebrations. Features many double-page spreads identifying a variety of flowers in a particular color range. 300 illustrations, 270 in color.


Everyday Flowers

Everyday Flowers

Author: Paula Pryke

Publisher: Rizzoli Publications

Published: 2012-03-13

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 0847837157

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Paula Pryke is acclaimed for creating innovative and bold floral designs for memorable events and special occasions. In her latest book, she demonstrates that the same ideas and techniques she uses for grand floral objets d’art can be applied to create easy, inexpensive, and modern floral arrangements to decorate the home. Aimed at people who are passionate about flowers, whether experts or novices, this book showcases inspirational designs to enhance and enrich the home each and every day. Pryke includes recommendations for flowers that suggest abundance but which have an extended vase life that saves both time and money. She also includes advice on having a cutting garden, which she sees as a natural extension of the revival of interest in growing edibles. With tips for selecting varieties in order to provide a constant supply of material for arrangements, Pryke also explores adapting foliage, branches, and other found materials to better link home and garden.


Wedding Flowers

Wedding Flowers

Author: Paula Pryke

Publisher: Aurum Press Limited

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 160

ISBN-13: 9781903221181

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'Wedding Flowers' taps into the desire to make your wedding day special and personal to you - investing time and thought into your choice of flower colour, fragrance and display is one way you can achieve this. Design your own wedding flowers or communicate your ideas effectively to a florist.


Flowers by Design

Flowers by Design

Author: Ingrid Carozzi

Publisher: Abrams

Published: 2021-11-23

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 1683359534

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From florist and founder of Tin Can Studios Ingrid Carozzi, a guide to creating floral arrangements that will complement your unique style and taste Flowers are classic, timeless design elements that enliven your home and your life. Flower arrangements can act as an extension of your style and your tastes, complementing and accenting the aesthetic in your home. Ingrid Carozzi brought us beautiful arrangements in her first book, Handpicked, and is now offering even more tips and techniques to bring the joy of flowers into your space in new and fresh ways. Flowers by Design focuses on creating unique and beautiful floral arrangements that fit into and complement the overall look and feel of your home. More minimal tastes? There's a floral bouquet for that. Rustic chic? There's an arrangement for that. Planning an outdoor garden party? Of course, there are plenty of beautiful flowers to enhance the outdoors. Through her experience, Carozzi has developed an exceptional list of designers, influencers, and artists that she works with. Using their backgrounds and homes as inspiration, she provides a number of floral recipes that you can create at home. The contributors utilize their own spaces as the setting for seeing these arrangements in place, offering plenty of ideas for what you can do on your own.


Table Flowers

Table Flowers

Author: Paula Pryke

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781903221808

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Table Flowers contains an array of stunning new designs for your special event, each displaying Paula Pryke's customary floral artistry and cutting-edge skills. Across Table Flowers' twenty step-by-step projects, Paula provides enormous creative scope with an impressive selection of floral ideas tailor-made for every aspect of the table: from sophisticated centrepieces to individual place settings at the dinner table; and from innovative chair backs and miniature topiary trees made with fruit and flowers, to hanging garlands from overhead lighting. With versatility always in mind, Paula then demonstrates how these beautiful ideas can be adapted to suit a host of special occasions, from the highly intimate to the grand in scale. Effective floral design means ensuring that the material, the design and the location are harmonious -and never more so when the design is intended for table displays. Table Flowers offers an array of exquisite design ideas, approaching each one from the basics. Paula shows how the most popular high street flowers can be augmented with flowers and foliage from the garden to create beautiful displays, and how by thinking seasonally you can use plant material when it is at its least expensive and most plentiful. Whether you want projects you can create yourself, or ideas for a grand celebration, Paula Pryke' Table Flowers gives you all the inspiration and practical advice you need to make a dramatic floral statement that will set the seal on any party.


Flowers Every Day

Flowers Every Day

Author: Paula Pryke

Publisher: White Lion Publishing

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781906417635

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We'd all love to have fresh flowers at home all year round, but expense and the fact that many varieties don't last - as well as a shortage of time - often prevent us from doing so. Now, world-renowned flower designer Paula Pryke demonstrates how clever use of your garden, together with careful selections at the florist, garden centre or supermarket, can help you enjoy flowers at home every day of the year. Taking each season in turn, Paula discusses her favourite plants and flowers, both from markets and her own garden. Her planting plans for beds and borders, plus garden tasks, will help you produce a plentiful supply of plants and flowers for free all year round. Paula also suggests the best flowers to purchase each season, ensuring you get the most from your budget - whether by buying in season or choosing long-lasting varieties. Her top quality recommendations may not always be the cheapest, but their longer vase-life gives them unbeatable value, and saves you precious time. Featuring Paula's creative and eye-catching ideas for Easter, Mother's Day, Christmas and more, Flowers Every Day is also a brilliant resource for special occasion flower arrangements. Paula's innovative, modern and fresh arrangements combine the very best seasonal flowers, as well as foliage, seed heads, stems, grasses, nuts and fruits to enhance your home and lifestyle, every day.


Flower

Flower

Author:

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2020

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781838660857

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Takes readers on a journey across continents and cultures to discover the endless ways artists and image-makers have employed floral motifs throughout history. Showcasing the diversity of blooms from all over the world, Flower spans a wide range of styles and media - from art, botanical illustrations, and sculptures to floral arrangements, film stills, and textiles - and follows a visually stunning sequence with works, regardless of period, thoughtfully paired to allow interesting and revealing juxtapositions between them.