Floral Techniques Stef
Floral Techniques are the most important skills you need to master if you want to be of any importance in this profession. Once knowing them, all your floral dreams can become reality!
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Alternative Xmas wreath
Another unusual Christmas wreath where we learn students of the EFDE to think 'out of the box'. Why can wreaths only be flat on the table or hanging on the wall? If you put it on legs, you create an extra dimension and more tension. It also gives us the opportunity to hand something under it. Oasis Floral Foam basis. @oasis.floralproducts.benelux #floraleducation #floraldesign #flowers #EFDE https://floristic.com
Also, the typical Christmas decoration can be very beautiful. We always teach our students of the EFDE never to neglect the traditional customers as switching from traditional (figurative) to abstract in the blink of an eye, can chase away all your current customers before the new ones arrived! So the process of change needs to be achieved gradually if you want to keep your business alive! https://floristic.com #floraleducation #floraldesign #flowers #EFDE #StefAdriaenssens #flowerevents
1 Decorated rose can bring a stronger story than a truck of flowers!
Even in times with extremely expensive flowers, like Xmas, we can still create wonderful abstract compositions. Even with 1 flower. One rose stands central in this work and is wrapped in a frame of red Cornus and Salix. Such work asks for the necessary accessories like pearls, and decorative aluminum wire. As a clever student in the EFDE, he/she knows that if you keep the base a bit open, you can easily replace the rose with a new one. https://floristic.com
If a florist wants to be successful he needs to be able to work together with other people as you will never be able to handle such a big workload all alone! So in our EFDE classes, we oblige students to make some group works. Like designing and creating hotel lobby decorations or shop window decorations. The hardest is agreeing on the right design. As many people in the group as many designs and opinions. At such a moment you can see who has the capability to be a leader and who follows.
Also, the typical Christmas decoration can be very beautiful. We always teach our students of the EFDE (@Sikastone) never to neglect the traditional customers as switching from traditional (figurative) to abstract in the blink of an eye, can chase away all your current customers before the new ones arrived! So the process of change needs to be achieved gradually if you want to keep your business alive! https://floristic.com #floraleducation #floraldesign #flowers #EFDE #floraldesigner
The motto of our EFDE training: Less is more. Don't use lavish, expensive flowers and containers, but be creative. As our German colleagues often say: "In der Beschränkung zeigt sich erst der Meister!!" Translated, this means that you can really show your craftsmanship and skill when you are limited in the materials you can use. The tulips used here are on the bulb. https://floristic.com
Abstract hanging decoration with reeds.
Why are so few florists creative with plants, although each year plants realize a bigger turnover in the flower industry? Why is it harder to be creative with plants than with flowers? I am quite sure it is just a mindset we need to change! Plants have a lot of advantages compared with flowers. Certainly, durability needs to be taken into consideration. Plants have a much longer living cycle than flowers. Here is an example with very common and cheap material but a lot of visual impact.
Floral competitions make you improve yourself
The confrontation with fellow florists from time to time is very interesting to check your place in the floral world. The most challenging is that you need much more than just your technical knowledge and experience. Time and stress management is extremely important for competitions but also in the education of young florists. So, in each Module of the EFDE we confront students with stress and time restrictions to train them for future competitions. https://floristic.com #floraleducation #EFDE
Spectacular Xmas table decoration created with wool.
Christmas compositions we can create in 1000 different ways. It all depends on the creativity of the designer which way will be chosen. We can limit ourselves to the very traditional approach or go for a more modern interpretation. In our EFDE education, we teach our students that in contemporary floral art we need to abstract our figurative ideas. In this example, the conical tree shape is being replaced with red wool to create Xmas trees. It is a cheap way to create a lot of visual impact.
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Abstract Xmas can be as beautiful as the traditional one! Also here very minimalistic use of materials but look how many details there are inside this work. One of our favorite subjects in Module 1 of the EFDE is discovering several techniques with simple metal wire. Here, self-created chicken wire defines the outline of the composition. Christmas balls are used as water containers. As roses are big water consumers they are much more efficient than plain water tubes. https://floristic.com
Exceptional hotel lobby decoration in China!
One of the most fulfilling tasks for a florist is to make big decorations like hotel lobby designs. Students of the EFDE are extremely fond of learning about this type of floral art. Here is an example of a decoration at the entrance of the restaurant made at the 5* Kande Hotel in Guangzhou, China. These minimalistic structures are made with willow and Gloriosa. https://floristic.com #floraleducation #floraldesign #flowers #christmas #christmasflowers #EFDE #floraldesigner #lobbydecoration
Special Christmas wreath with Cornus
Why not divert from the usual decoration but still stay unique? This is what we teach our students on the EFDE. It is not necessary to reinvent the wheel but try to rethink it so to make it more interesting again! Thousands of wreaths are made at this time of the year. Why not cut out a piece and replace it with Cornus branches? It creates a certain tension and makes the composition more interesting for the eye! https://floristic.com #floraleducation #floraldesign #flowers #EFDE
Valentine's Day is coming soon! Heart structures will be very popular again! They can be small and commercial or a little bigger and more artistic. In the marketing part of our EFDE course we teach our students to prepare structures for the holidays well in advance so that we can provide high-quality floristry on these very busy days. It is just a matter of good time management and planning. #valentine
Alternative Xmas tree!
How to make your Christmas compositions more original? This is a very difficult task we give our students in the EFDE. Not one single festival is more traditional than Xmas so, in order to stay recognizable ( a Law of design) we need to adapt our designs to certain traditional standards! Such an interesting process!! In this composition, you can see how a simple spiralwise bent steel rod can give our Xmas tree a different interpretation and feel. https://floristic.com