Framing Floral Techniques: Floral Design Skill Building, Inspirations & Explorations

Expert teaching for curious and enthusiastic flower fans, both industry-trained and hobbyist. This approachable guide, featuring over 500 photos and companion commentary from an innovative floral educator, will take the mystery out of creating floral designs that are a step above the rest. By tapping into often-unexplored creative materials and techniques with 42 projects, Renee Tucci (AIFD, PFCI) takes the floral enthusiast on a journey through all layers of modern floral design. With this design inspiration and reference manual that expands on techniques in a real-world way, aspiring and seasoned designers will find encouragement to practice and hone techniques by travelling down a direct, step-by-step path. Important principles and elements of design are woven into the fibers of each project to give the reader a clear understanding of why and how each component is connected to the next. By working with and practicing each of these projects or techniques, learners see that the artistic options and applications are endless. Skills covered: Airbrushing. Banding. Basing. Binding. Braiding. Clustering. Collaring. Facing. Framing. Gluing. Grouping. Hand-Tying. Kubari. Lacing. Layering. Leafwork. Massaging. Pavé. Pillowing. Reflexing. Sequencing. Shadowing. Sheltering. Staking. Tailoring. Terracing. Veiling. Weaving.

AUTHOR:
Renee Tucci (AIFD, PFCI) has been exploring her insatiable curiosity with flowers and floral design for over 20 years. She is a globally sought-after educator and designer.

SELLING POINTS:
• Practice and technique exploration for beginner and intermediate designers
• Expert teaching for curious and enthusiastic flower fans, both industry-trained and hobbyist
• From everyday designs to event compositions, completely unexpected designs to try

252 colour illustrations

ISBN: 9780764362002
Author: TUCCI, RENEE
Format: Hardcover
Publication date: 28/09/2021
RRP: $75.00
Pages: 128
Dimension: 279mm X 216mm
Imprint: Schiffer Publishing