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Nicole Rossi of Texture Florals joins Kelly on today’s episode of the Team Flower Podcast! In this episode, you’ll hear about how architecture influences floral design, Nicole’s experience navigating the current industry landscape, tips for photographing your arrangements, the Texture Florals studio space, and more.
It is apparent as you listen that Anne has a heart for genuinely connecting with others and teaching them about floral art. She loves it SO much that she accomplishes lesson-planing, recording, editing, teaching, and publishing all of her lessons!
Accessing different floral materials in various thicknesses, heights, and shapes is important to adding dimension to your design work. Learn 5 simple tips to elevate your flower arrangements in this guide.
UK botanical artist Safiyya Choyocha shares with us the joy and inspiration she finds in painting flowers and gardening. She shares where she finds her own inspiration and her advice for how to overcome a creative rut.
Team Flower Member Ashely Monaghan shares practical tips and insight for finding floral inspiration wherever you look, wherever you go, and in any season!
In this article, discover the difficulties of inviting critique of your floral design work as well as how critique can help you, the designer, move forward! There are true benefits to receiving feedback and outside input in creative work.
What stands out to you most when you find or create a floral arrangement that you love? What’s that "wow factor” for you in a floral arrangement? In this article, be inspired in your floral work by Impressionistic art and the use of color.
In the same way that different orientations and compositional effects greatly affect a painting, so do these same elements when used in floral design. In this article, you’ll learn to take in important considerations such as shape, lines, and balance when creating floral arrangements!
Frances Palmer, potter and fellow creative, is joining Kelly for an incredibly practical and encouraging episode. They’re discussing Frances’s new book, Life in the Studio.
All creatives are inspired by something. Inspiration is an integral part of the design process. As a floral designer, what inspires you to create? What stimulates a new blend of colors in your design? In this article, learn how to examine the works of great visual artists through the lens of color theory to inspire your own floral design work.
Floral design is an art, and flowers are our medium. Our sculptures sit not in museums, but on the tables of gathered loved ones as art for the everyday person. Other art forms are a great way to influence our designs and spark excitement about our craft once again. By opening the door for further creativity, we expand the boundaries of what floral design can be, pointing to the value and artistry that goes into floral design work.
Are there ways your floral creations live on and you can find fresh revenue for your business? Hear from one floral designer about how she got creative with partnerships with other artists—and created a new product offering.
In this discussion, we’re exploring how other art forms can influence floral design. Jen is sharing how practicing art can bring familiarity, confidence, and inspiration. We are chatting about how flowers can help you find the purpose for your events’ designs well as as how to consider your audience as you create arrangements. Jen is sharing a few tips on how you can find joy in your craft and display that joy in each of your designs.
Jenn Sanchez is joining us on this episode of the Team Flower Podcast! Born and raised in Southern California, Jenn Sanchez is a floral designer with an affinity for strong emotive representation in design. She grew up with a paintbrush or pen always in hand, and she hoped to pursue a career in the arts yet fell into florals in 2010 shortly after high school. As an unexpected medium of expression, flowers have given a sought-out tangibility to her work. Using dramatic gestures and a compelling use of color, she seeks the balance of the familiar and the unexpected with each new client. Jenn is also a speaker at the 2020 Team Flower Conference in Pasadena!
On this episode of the Team Flower Podcast, we are joined by Lou and Andrea Gagnon of LynnVale Studios. Lou and Andrea are sharing their roles on the farm, and how they play into their strengths to run the farm with excellence. Lou is talking about his passion for art, how he uses it to teach others, and the importance of looking at your work objectively and exercising imagination. Andrea is diving into the obstacles she faces as a grower, - both external and internal - and how she’s overcoming them. Whether you’re here to be encouraged in your farming process or to be challenged as a designer, you’ll find it all and more right here on the Team Flower Podcast.
At the 2018 Team Flower Conference, we asked a myriad of floral artists to participate in our Flowers in Art Exhibition. The talent represented in the Exhibition was both exquisite and inspirational. Those in attendance at the Team Flower Conference were asked to choose their favorite artist anonymously, and the People's Choice Winner was Shealeen Louise of Nashville, Tennessee. Today, she's sharing what inspires her, what materials she uses, and her favorite painting subjects!
Floral artists and floral designers aren't too different from one another. Something tells me that each of us starts out the same - either with dirt or paint on our hands and with goals of making everlasting memorable moments; our lives speckled with blooms marking the timeline of our lives. Reaching out to one another should come easily because of this unique passion for flowers.
It may seem intimidating to begin drawing your bouquets, especially if you have no prior experience with drawing, but it is a really great way to create unique bouquets for your brides – even if you just used the same color palette last weekend!
There are countless ways to convey the beauty of flowers in the form of art and design, and Team Flower has gathered together a few different floral artists who create beautiful handiwork featuring the blooms we all cherish so much! These talented ladies have used their love for flowers & their own artistic gifts to capture the exquisite essence of each sweet blossom. Each is unique in what they create, and ALL are inspiring in their own way.
