Elegant summers
Matching the transparent, undulating form, fragile lines and delicate white/green materials have been chosen to create a refined balance.
For the base, twelve welding wires (Ø 1.8mm) have been attached and bent in a white wooden plant table. Subsequently, thin pantyhose (20 denier) have been pulled over the wires and secured at the bottom with cold glue. The whole thing has been slightly lightened with white spray paint. Glass tubes and bulb vases have been attached along the edges with Poly Max and then decorated with white flowers and greenery: Nigella damascena ‘Bridal White’ (love-in-
-a-mist), Scabiosa Scoob White, white Ixia and Delphinium, Platycerium bifurcatum (staghorn fern), Aristolochia tendrils and Tillandsia plants
Wind spinner
Straw is wrapped around a sturdy iron wire with binding wire, and then it is twisted around a sturdy tube to create a spiral shape. Nicandra and Malva are individually wrapped together with bullion wire, sweet chestnut husks are wrapped with rope and then knotted to rope, and Raphanus is threaded onto binding wire. All these strands are fastened to the spiral shape with raffia. The Eryngium is glued onto the spiral, with Tillandsia applied underneath here and there.
Indian summer
Dried sunflower stems of various lengths are glued around an Oasis wreath. These stems are a harbinger of autumn. The whole is covered with orange candle wax. Various flowers are inserted into the floral foam wreath, including Dianthus ‘Green Trick’, nutans (Leucospermum cordifolium), Dahlia, Freesia, Tillandsia, Heliopsis, Stipa grasses, Crocosmia and Begonia leaf. Glass test tubes have been placed in some sunflower stems, in which flowers have also been placed. The Indian summer color scheme emphasizes the autumn period.
Endless connection
This urn decoration contains a lot of symbolism and personal elements. The round lines of the Sanseveria plant and the Tillandsia symbolize the ‘circle of life’, a symbolic representation of birth, survival and death. The added blackberries represent the beautiful end of a valuable and loving life. The construction is assembled using black pins.