Centerpiece Design with Dried and Preserved Flowers
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Course overview
- Provider
- Domestika
- Course type
- Paid course
- Level
- Beginner
- Deadline
- Flexible
- Duration
- 2 hours
- Lessons
- 12 lessons
- Certificate
- Available on completion
- Course author
- Violeta Gladstone
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Floral design is a way of telling stories and expressing yourself while also getting closer to nature. Floral stylist Violeta Gladstone has worked with brands like Vogue and Burberry and experiments with plants to create compositions that bring personality to any space.
In this course, learn to work with flowers using drying, preserving, and dyeing techniques. Follow Violeta's easy-to-follow steps to design floral centerpieces capable of filling any space with color and originality. If you'd like to keep exploring design with natural elements, learn how to create a headpiece on Violeta's other course, Floral Headpiece: Using Flowers to Create Accessories.
Description
Start the course by hearing a little bit about Violeta Gladstone as she talks about her work as a floral stylist. She shares her main sources of inspiration and gives you a first glimpse into the inspiring world of floral centerpiece design.
Take a look at the different types of plants and flowers that yield the best results for centerpieces. Learn how to treat fresh flowers using different drying and preserving methods so that they stay beautiful for longer. Violeta teaches you some dyeing and painting techniques for adding splashes of color to your compositions.
Now it's time to start on your centerpiece! She walks you through her process step by step, from the initial brainstorming to selecting the color palette and materials. Using the techniques learned throughout the course, bring your first centerpiece to life using dried and preserved flowers. Afterwards, start on your second 360º design.
Finish up by retouching your arrangement by focusing on levels and color distribution. Hear some final takeaways about how to make your designs last even longer, how to transport them, and how to incorporate fresh flowers for a photoshoot.
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