Naturally fused

A basket shape is woven from Clematis vines over an open organic form made of black spokes (1.4 mm). By attaching elder branches to this, the basic shape stands on its own. Subsequently, Clematis Amazing Tokyo flowers are attached in a natural growth form over the woven Clematis vines, following the movement of the object. The stems of the tulips and Ranunculus are inserted directly into the water through the frame. All flower varieties have their own height, creating natural groupings, which makes the whole look very natural.

Freestanding

The structure of Cornus branches appears to be floating and very light. To achieve this effect, black pokes (1.8 mm) are drilled into a weathered block of wood, and the Cornus branches are speared onto the pokes. The whole is strengthened by connecting each Cornus stem to each other in at least three places with binding wire and piercing them with pieces of black pokes. The flowers, Papaver, Clematis Amazing Kansas, Tulipa, Ranunculus, are placed only at the top so that the structure is shown to its best advantage and the whole looks elegant.

Water source

By connecting branches of the elder (Sambucus) with wire, an open branch construction has been created in this vase. In the openings, Delphinium ‘Guardian Lavender’, Delphinium ‘Bella Andes Azure’, Clematis Amazing ‘Star River’, Eryngium and Pennisetum are grouped in parallel and placed directly in the water.

'In the current zeitgeist, vegetative design is difficult to execute commercially'

According to floral designer Max van de Sluis, the theme Nature, Naturally! can be approached in various ways. 'For me as a florist, vegetative is the most obvious and perhaps the most ultimate in its beauty. Yet, in the current zeitgeist, vegetative is difficult to execute commercially.'

'The reason I went in a more realistic direction, with the starting point being the materials that you can easily obtain from the wholesaler, and then make arrangements with a natural look with them.'

‘I wanted to achieve that natural look by processing the flowers in a certain way. Consider solutions such as processing each type at a more or less individual height, a more parallel placement, growth forms, movement, seeking combinations with old natural flower shapes from outside and/or by processing branches.’

‘This significantly expands the possibilities and makes it possible to incorporate your style, emotion, and feeling. This approach is more commercial and realistic in its feasibility.’

The current era.

In the base, a piece of wooden beam (residual wood), a number of gold-colored metal fern-like leaves are placed in a regular rhythm: very straight upwards. To create a nice contrast between the two elements, the flowers are placed organically. The arrangement symbolizes the time of now, where the gold-colored ferns are the people, and the flowers are the surrounding nature. Very different and yet not clashing, they form a beautiful whole.

Back to nature

A beautifully robust slate container is filled with Oasis Terra Brick. Many different special types of flowers have been incorporated, placed as they naturally grow from the earth. A beautiful mix of French tulips, orchids, Cambria, Ludisia, Cornus, Talinum 'Long John', Osmunda fern curl, Ranunculus, and Nerine are incorporated here. All materials are biodegradable and can return to nature.