Modern Dried Flowers

Name: Modern Dried Flowers
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780711257030
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20 everlasting projects to craft, style, keep and share

By Angela Maynard

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Summary

Modern Dried Flowers is a contemporary guide to the sustainable art of preserving and styling floral stems. It provides step-by-step instructions on growing, cutting, drying, and arranging dried flowers, ideal for weddings, special events, or home décor. With 20 beautifully photographed projects, creative tips for leftover materials, and an index of suitable blooms, this book reveals expert advice from celebrated florist Angela Maynard to help you master the timeless craft of dried flower arranging.
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Format: Hardback

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This book is perfect for environmentally mindful craft enthusiasts, florists, event planners, and anyone interested in sustainable home decoration with a creative flair.

A unique, contemporary guide to the craft of drying, preserving, and arranging flowers for the home and for special occasions. It offers a sustainable approach and directs readers in where to go next for inspiration, how to source stems, and how to design and make creations that last. Follow 20 step-by-step projects, each ranging in scale and purpose, that can be enjoyed year round.

Description

Modern Dried Flowers is a contemporary guide to the sustainable art of preserving and styling stems. Versatile, chic, environmentally mindful, affordable and low maintenance – there are many reasons to love dried flowers. Whether for weddings and special events or simply to bring a touch of ethereal charm to your home, these timeless, reimagined arrangements can bring a room to life.

Modern Dried Flowers offers nature-led inspiration and step-by-step instructions to gain all of the basic skills, tools and techniques necessary to grow, cut, dry and style your stems to perfection. Author and celebrated florist Angela Maynard is a founding leader of the classic craft's revival, and here she reveals her secrets and dispenses expert advice so that you too can master the art of everlasting beauty and wow-worthy décor, no matter what your style.

In this practical and visually stunning guide, you will find:

20 beautifully photographed projects, from wearable keepsakes to majestic seasonal centrepieces;
Tips to get creative with the leftover materials;
A handy index of suitable flowers which outlines characteristics, symbols and best combinations.

Play with texture and colour, discover unusual blooms and botanicals, and create something truly original that lasts a lifetime.

Book Hero Magic summarised reviews for this book. While it's new and still learning, it may not be perfect - your feedback is welcome! HOW HAS THIS BEEN REVIEWED?

Publishers Weekly calls it "a no-brainer for crafters looking to mix up their floral projects." Midwest Book Review praises it as "beautifully and profusely illustrated throughout in full colour" and an "inspirational pleasure to simply browse through one page at a time."

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780711257030

Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 05 April 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: White Lion Publishing

Illustration: 190+ color photos

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 250.0mm

Weight: 790g

Pages: 160

Collections

Angela Maynard Arts & Culture Arts and Crafts Home & Garden Non-Fiction

About the Author

Angela Maynard is the creative director of Botany, a floral shop and design studio in East London. Angela also runs workshops on floristry and dried flowers and heads seasonal wild flower walks. She has been featured in the The Independent, Financial Times, Evening Standard, Time Out, Elle Decor, Le Monde, Vogue, World of Interiors, House Beautiful, Homes & Gardens. Her clients include Adidas, LOreal, & Other Stories, and Toast. Visit botanyshop.co.uk or find Angela on Instagram @botanyshope5 to see more of her work.