2ND DECEMBER, 2024

 

Hello all,

You may remember my arrangement, below, which was exhibited on the third week of our exhibition, and featured a dug up palm plant.

When I brought the plant back home I replanted the palm in a large pot. In order to reduce the transpiration, I removed a couple of the fronds, which had interesting curves. Of course, I could not let them go to waste, instead, I trimmed the inside of each and arranged them in a small suiban. Looking around for a floral addition, I found this agapanthus with the perfect curve to fit the arrangement. You could be forgiven for thinking that I manipulated it, as I often do but I did not. This time it was just nature doing her thing.

And speaking of exhibits being brought home, the large bamboo structure which was exhibited in the first and second week was left outside the garage where it became a bit of a nuisance by falling over and having to be picked up. I had two choices - to disassemble it and store away the bamboo or to make another arrangement. No prizes for guessing which I went with.

I reworked the structure a bit to fit its new position and placed it against the wall of the entry of the house, incorporating the wall container.  Then the fun and games began as I climbed up a ladder to cut two strelitzia nicolai flowers. With the flowers in position, I needed something green. Enter two strelitzia reginae leaves and the arrangement was complete. 

For the fourth and last week of the exhibition the curator of Art Space, Box Hill, Marguerite Brown selected a number of art pieces from their collection and hung them on the walls of the gallery. It was, then, our job to create an arrangement to complement one of the art pieces.

Below is the Colour Screenprint - Vec Makropoulos 1996 by ALUN LEACH JONES. Next to it is my arrangement (hopefully) complementing it. Unfortunately, the white components of the arrangement are, somewhat, lost against the white background.

There was one small plinth nearby without an arrangement and I was asked if I'd make one for it. So here it is.

Jenny chose the cyanotype - Mona Lisa, 1993 by CAROLYN LEWENS. (I apologize for the reflections on the glass).

 Lucy's choice was a mixed media - Imagined Places by SANDRA CHAMPION.

I made another arrangement, which did not relate to any artwork. It just filled up a rather large space. The photograph was taken at home against a dark background because it is less vibrant when photographed against a white background.

See what I mean?

My dogwood, Cornus Capitata, is in full bloom and is now large enough for me to cut and enjoy indoors. I teamed a branch with the newly flowering hydrangeas in a nod to Variation No. 4.

My smokebush, Cotinus Grace, is also looking quite lush and beautiful. Here I have teamed it with agapanthus in bud, in a wall arrangement.

Bye for now,

Emily