Download or read book Jane Packer s Flower Course written by Jane Packer and published by Ryland Peters & Small. This book was released on 2014-02-21 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book imparts the secrets of successful flower arranging to every reader, novice and expert alike. In Jane Packer's Flower Course, celebrated florist Jane Packer covers the same ground as the highly regarded four-week career course taught in her flower school, putting her wealth of experience and her celebrated designs within the reach of every reader. This beautiful new book is divided into three sections. covering irresistible floral gifts, gorgeous arrangements of all shapes and sizes, and fabulous party and wedding flowers. Jane Packer is one of Britain's best-known floral artists. She established Jane Packer Flowers in 1982 and now has outlets in London, New York, Seoul, Tokyo and Kuwait City.
Download or read book Jane Packer Flowers written by Jane Packer and published by Ryland Peters & Small. This book was released on 2020-03-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Packer Flowers shows how to use fresh flowers to bring color, variety, and style to every corner of the home. An introduction covers all the basics, including choosing flowers, conditioning, and caring for them, as well as the key design principles when it comes to choosing vases and containers and getting the proportions of arrangements right. There are dramatic flowers for mantelpieces, massed vases on console tables, tiny posies on windowsills, architectural blooms showcased on coffee tables, luscious color on dressing tables and desks, and even cut flowers for outdoor entertaining, as well as gorgeous arrangements for guest bedrooms and bathrooms. Fresh flowers have a powerful ability to raise our spirits and bring color and a sense of vitality to every interior. In Jane Packer Flowers there are no formal bouquets or stiff displays, just pretty, simple, and achievable arrangements that you’ll yearn to recreate in your own home.
Download or read book Jane Packer s Guide to Flower Arranging written by Jane Packer and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Packer is one of London's most sought-after florists and also runs celebrated flower schools in London, New York, and Tokyo. In this irresistible book, Jane covers the same ground as in her four-week career course, here divided into three sections. Flowers to Give teaches all the techniques needed to make a variety of floral gifts. Flowers for the Home covers vase arrangements of allshapes and sizes. Flowers for Celebrations offers all the necessary know-how for party flowers, festive wreaths, table arrangements, and beautiful wedding flowers. Lovely photographs of the finished creations are accompanied by step-by-step photographs and easy-to-follow instructions. This book distils all Jane Packer's expertise and style into one volume, and imparts the secrets of successfulflower arranging to every reader, novice and expert alike.* More than 25 glorious step-by-step projects, with a wealth of other original ideas to make the perfect floral arrangement.* Professional tips and techniques for choosing, conditioning, and caring for beautiful flowers.* An essential source book for amateur and professional flower arrangers alike.
Download or read book Fast Flower Arranging written by Jane Packer and published by DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley). This book was released on 1998 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains flower arrangements which can be completed in only minutes, including gift and special occasion displays.
Download or read book Color written by Jane Packer and published by Conran. This book was released on 2011-01-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red. White. Green. Yellow. Pink. Blue. Floral designer Jane Packer works her way through the color wheel and through the garden, creating unique, whimsical and totally stunning arrangements of fresh flowers and foliage, with instructions on how to achieve similarly spectacular results at home. Like an interior designer, you'll learn to use different colors of flowers to evoke a variety of moods, and introduce new flowers and foliage to your repertoire. Ten how-to projects provide step-by-step instructions for creating everything from a classic pedestal arrangement to a three-tier "wedding cake" of roses, to a skirt of delphinium, larkspur and peonies! A seasonal flower directory completes the book, illustrated with breathtaking, full color photography.
Download or read book Urban Flowers written by Carolyn Dunster and published by Frances Lincoln. This book was released on 2017-04-06 with total page 564 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Creating colour and interest in a small urban garden by growing a range of flowers and other decorative plants brings with it many rewards. Carolyn Dunster shows you what to grow and how to use your own blooms, leaves and berries in a range of indoor displays and hand-tied bouquets. Locally-grown flowers in season is a significant and welcome trend in floristry, and just as eating a tasteless strawberry in December pricks our consciences, so too does purchasing a bouquet of tulips in September, however stunning they may be to look at. The most local, seasonal flowers, which are the most satisfying to give and to display, are the ones you have grown yourself. Carolyn Dunster shows you how to do this in the smallest of spaces.
Download or read book World Flowers written by Jane Packer and published by Conran. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the last two decades, the public's taste in flowers has grown increasingly sophisticated-and Jane Packer is one of the celebrity florists who has led the way. Her shops and schools in London, New York, and Tokyo, and her devoted clientele, which includes royalty and movie stars, put her in a category all her own. Here she shares not just the directions for creating 50 of her inspirational floral displays, but also the thought processes behind their creation. Featuring flowers and plants from Europe, America, Africa, Australia, and Asia, and illustrated with more than 200 breathtaking photos, this alluring guide shows how to draw on various traditions and cultures to create distinctive floral arrangements for every occasion and interior.
Download or read book Flowers by Design written by Ingrid Carozzi and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2021-11-23 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Drinking Coffee Elsewhere written by ZZ Packer and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2004-02-03 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The acclaimed debut short story collection that introduced the world to an arresting and unforgettable new voice in fiction, from multi-award winning author ZZ Packer Her impressive range and talent are abundantly evident: Packer dazzles with her command of language, surprising and delighting us with unexpected turns and indelible images, as she takes us into the lives of characters on the periphery, unsure of where they belong. We meet a Brownie troop of black girls who are confronted with a troop of white girls; a young man who goes with his father to the Million Man March and must decide where his allegiance lies; an international group of drifters in Japan, who are starving, unable to find work; a girl in a Baltimore ghetto who has dreams of the larger world she has seen only on the screens in the television store nearby, where the Lithuanian shopkeeper holds out hope for attaining his own American Dream. With penetrating insight, ZZ Packer helps us see the world with a clearer vision. Fresh, versatile, and captivating, Drinking Coffee Elsewhere is a striking and unforgettable collection, sure to stand out among the contemporary canon of fiction.
Download or read book Nothing But Flowers written by and published by Karma, New York. This book was released on 2021-04-20 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An opulent, joyful homage to the many ways of painting flowers, from Charles Burchfield to Amy Sillman "Flowers are always working in the service of the passage of time," writes Helen Molesworth in the opening pages of Nothing but Flowers. "In all of the paintings in this book where flowers are depicted, innocently standing in their vases, the minor gestures of gathering, arranging and display can be seen as a verb list dedicated to world-building." This clothbound volume gathers paintings of flowers by more than 50 artists from Charles Burchfield to Amy Sillman, Joe Brainard to Lisa Yuskavage, who have explored the perennial appeal of this richest and yet simplest of subjects. Nothing but Flowersdemonstrates the capacity of the humble botanical motif to capture sorrow, stimulate rehabilitation, and guide us through periods of mourning, celebration and rebirth. Writers Hilton Als, Helen Molesworth, Sarah Nicole Prickett and David Rimanelli contribute meditations on the many resonances of flowers in art. Artists include: Gertrude Abercrombie, Marina Adams, Henni Alftan, Ed Baynard, Nell Blaine, Dike Blair, Vern Blosum, Joe Brainard, Cecily Brown, Charles Burchfield, Matt Connors, Andrew Cranston, Ann Craven, Stephanie Crawford, Somaya Critchlow, Verne Dawson, Lois Dodd, Peter Doig, Nicole Eisenman, Ida Ekblad, Minnie Evans, Marley Freeman, Jane Freilicher, Mark Grotjahn, James Harrison, Lubaina Himid, Samuel Hindolo, Reggie Burrows Hodges, Max Jansons, Ernst Yohji Jaeger, Sanya Kantarovsky, Alex Katz, Karen Kilimnik, Zenzaburo Kojima, Matvey Levenstein, Shannon Cartier Lucy, Calvin Marcus, Helen Marden, Jeanette Mundt, Soumya Netrabile, Woody De Othello, Sanou Oumar, Jennifer Packer, Nicolas Party, Hilary Pecis, Richard Pettibone, Elizabeth Peyton, Amy Sillman, Elaine Sturtevant, Tabboo!, Honor Titus, Uman, Susan Jane Walp, Stanley Whitney, Jonas Wood, Matthew Wong, Albert York, Manoucher Yektai and Lisa Yuskavage.
Download or read book Cut Dry written by Carolyn Dunster and published by Laurence King Publishing. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Learn how to make stylish dried floral designs that will last longer than freshly cut bouquets. Do you adore having flowers around the house but they always seem to wilt and fall to pieces as soon as you place them in water? No longer! Join the trend of DIY drying and create stunning bouquets that will outlast fresh cuts while still adding that soft, romantic floral touch. Expert florist Carolyn Dunster breathes new life into the age-old art of growing, drying, and displaying blooms in ways that will bring a chic, natural vibe to any room. Whether you are looking for elegant DIY bridal arrangements or trying to add a little bohemian flair to a room's décor, there are dried designs that will complement every aesthetic and occasion. Written for a new, younger audience that is just discovering the art of drying flowers and from a popular British botanical stylist with a penchant for urban gardening, this book is a modern spin on a classic craft. For those who are concerned with environmental impact, dried flowers are also gaining popularity as a more sustainable approach to floristry. Dried flowers are perfect for: * DIY bridal bouquets and table arrangements * Stylish home décor * Sprucing up your place of business in an affordable, low maintenance way This book is an ideal purchase for anyone wanting to get started with the art of growing and drying flowers. Learn how to grow your own stems and the best combinations of color and texture to create floral sculptures that breathe new life into any space in any season.
Download or read book The Flower Recipe Book written by Alethea Harampolis and published by Artisan Books. This book was released on 2013-04-02 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Flower arranging has never been simpler or more enticing. The women behind Studio Choo, the hottest floral design studio in the country, have created a flower-arranging bible for today's aesthetic. Filled with an array of stunning, easy-to-find flowers, it features 400 photos, more than 40 step-by-step instructions, and useful tips throughout. The arrangements run the gamut of styles and techniques: some are wild and some are structured; some are time-intensive and some are astonishingly simple. Each one is paired with a "flower recipe"; ingredients lists specify the type and quantity of blooms needed; clear instructions detail each step; and hundreds of photos show how to place every stem. Readers will learn how to work with a single variety of flower to great effect, and to create vases overflowing with layered blooms. To top it off, the book is packed with ideas for unexpected vessels, seasonal buying guides, a source directory, a flower care primer, and all the design techniques readers need to know. Alethea Harampolis and Jill Rizzo are the founders of Studio Choo, a San Francisco-based floral design studio that serves up fresh, wild, and sophisticated flower arrangements for any occasion. Their work has been featured in publications such as Sunset, Food & Wine, and Veranda and in the blog Design*Sponge.
Download or read book Jennifer Packer written by and published by Walther Konig Verlag. This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Friendship, loss and the everyday populate Packer's canvases, full of disquieting detail." -Adrian Searle, The Guardian Through a uniquely textural style of oil painting that evokes the fluidity of watercolors, Jennifer Packer recasts classical genres in a fresh political and contemporary light while keeping them rooted in a deeply personal context. Combining observation, improvisation and memory, Packer's intimate portraits of friends and family members and flower paintings insist on the particularity of the Black lives she depicts. The title of this volume refers to an ecclesiastical description of the insatiable human quest for divine knowledge; with this in mind, Packer's work urges viewers to understand and appreciate the unique dimensions of Black lives beyond just the physical. Richly illustrated, this volume includes texts by fellow painters Dona Nelson and Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, professors Rizvana Bradley and Christina Sharpe, and an interview between the artist and Serpentine Artistic Director Hans Ulrich Obrist. American painter Jennifer Packer(born 1984) grew up in Philadelphia and received her MFA from Yale University in 2012. She was formerly the Artist-in-Residence at the Studio Museum in Harlem (2012-13) and a Visual Arts Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA (2014-16). She currently works as an assistant professor of painting at the Rhode Island School of Design. Packer is represented by Sikkema Jenkins & Co in New York City, where the artist lives.
Download or read book Jane Packer Flowers Design Philosophy written by Jane Packer and published by Conran. This book was released on 2006-07-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jane Packer has transformed the traditional craft of flower arranging into a modern art form, and in this lush volume, she shares her design philosophy, reveals her tricks of the trade, and explains how to assemble shapes, colors, and textures. In addition to discussing aesthetic issues (such as the relation of flower height and form to the container) and detailing wiring and other professional techniques, Packer provides more than 40 inspirational designs. There's an arrangement for every mood, occasion, and level of expertise-from a simply gift posy of hyacinths and a single-stem poppy in a stoneware vase to a love heart of pale pink roses and a sumptuous wreath of hydrangeas-all with instructional text and images.
Download or read book Flower School written by Calvert Crary and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Create the flower arrangements of your dreams to keep at home, take to the office, or display on any special occasion using the simple tips and tricks and masterful techniques taught by Executive Director and professor Calvert Crary and the master florists at FlowerSchool New York.FlowerSchool New York is one of the world's premiere institutes for floral design and artistry, offering career development courses certified by the New York State Board of Education, and exclusive master class programs taught by celebrated master florists including Kiana Underwood, Remco Van Vliet, Lewis Miller, Emily Thompson, and Ingrid Carozzi. Now, for the first time, FlowerSchool Executive Director Calvert Crary is publishing a book that will make it possible for even the greenest at-home arrangers to create gorgeous, Instagram worthy bouquets. This hands-on, comprehensive guide provides readers with step-by-step instructions that cover all the most crucial aspects of flower arranging, including: How to buy the best flowers and how to get the best prices Selecting your flowers based on texture, color, and seasonality Conditioning your flowers to ensure they last as long as possible Pairing your flowers with the right vase Creating arrangements in a wide variety of styles that will work for any occasionIncluding advice from the school's well-respected master florists, and featuring beautiful color photographs of each unique arrangement, Flower School offers invaluable, insider tips and tricks that can only be gained through years of experience, providing readers with the fundamental tools and education they need to create homemade floral arrangements that are on par with any professional design.
Download or read book Farrow Ball Living with Colour written by Ros Byam Shaw and published by Ryland Peters & Small. This book was released on 2010-09-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Iconic British brand Farrow & Ball began in the 1940s as a small firm specializing in paints made in the traditional way with traditional ingredients. Iconic British brand Farrow & Ball began in the 1940s as a small firm specializing in paints made in the traditional way with traditional ingredients. Despite its success, Farrow & Ball has stayed true to these origins. It is the quality of the paint, with its exceptional depth and subtlety of color, that has made the company famous worldwide. Farrow & Ball paints look as good on the walls of a slick flat as they do in a period ballroom and are as perfect for a cottage as in a castle. Divided into chapters according to style, including Classical, City, Modern Country, Cottage, and Country House, the first part of the book shows Farrow & Ball paints and wallpapers in a wide range of unusual and beautiful interiors. Part Two of the book is devoted to color. From the themes of All White and In Neutral to Softly, Softly, and Bright and Beautiful, each chapter explores a particular palette and shows how color can be used to create atmosphere, character, and charm. Inspiring, instructive, celebratory, this book brings out the painter and decorator in us all.
Download or read book Scandi Rustic written by Rebecca Lawson and published by Ryland Peters & Small. This book was released on 2020-10-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Award-winning bloggers and instagrammers Reena Simon and Rebecca Lawson are renowned for their love affair with all things Scandi. In their first book, Scandi Rustic Style, they reveal how to create a home that takes elements of Scandinavian design and introduces rustic natural materials and textures to create a Scandi-inspired interior that is cozy, relaxed, and inviting. Come with Rebecca and Reena on a journey that takes in the very best in Scandi Rustic homes. Whether you live in an urban apartment, a country cottage, or a blank-canvas new-build, this relaxed, sustainable, modern rustic style will work perfectly for your home.
