Issue 48 of Fusion Flowers magazine, released on the 18th May is our early summer edition and it’s just packed with design ideas guaranteed to inspire you!
Fresh from her latest trip to Cambodia, Australian Gail Anderson reports on a new technique she discovered using water lilies; new contributor, Denmark’s Louise Kjær Graakjær coverts drinking straws into design features; Indonesian Teresa Maria Ineke Turangan continues her series on how to use materials that you may have overlooked; Germany’s Brigitte Heinrichs explains how to make your own constructions and Australian Mark Pampling’s back with an arrangement inspired by beachcombing! Singapore’s Damien Koh takes up a challenge to create a ‘man bouquet’ using strelitzia, monstera leaves and cocktail sticks and Irene Brockwell makes a welcome return to show us how to make a suspended design using – abaca! Oh – and as if all of that was not enough – we show you how to make an arrangement in the shape of a star.
In a world exclusive, we report on the international seminar on Crete and in this issue we feature the amazing work of Taiwan’s Elly Lin. Nicolai Bergmann, Denmark’s remarkable young florist, held an exhibition in Tokyo and we take a look at some of the gorgeous work on display. From Denmark, Jens Poulsen, reveals the winners in the national floristry competition and Jo Read gives some practical advice to florists on how to survive the economic downturn.
And there’s more! We feature three book extracts – Life3 are back with their latest step-by-step book on bridal bouquets; Marie-Françoise Déprez tackles the subject of table design and we have an extract to excite you and Japanese Master Naoki Sasaki allows us a peek at the work in his amazing book.
Plus – Sue Phillips reports on a breakthrough in teaching and focuses on some work from the Japanese teachers at IPM Essen! Not to mention all our regular features….
So don’t delay – subscribe today to make sure you don’t miss out on any of these treats.
