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Roses Ball
A floral ball composed of stabilized roses and stabilized ivy leaves. An eternal gift to offer, or a decoration that will dress your home in an original way! Follow this do it yourself, armed with pins and creativity, you will realize this composition in about thirty minutes. EQUIPMENT To make this Do It Yourself, you need : - 8 preserved roses - 6 preserved small roses - 1 preserved ivy leaves bouquet - Florist stem wire - 8 flower holders - Pins - Styrofoam ball - Floral foam sphere [...]
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« The Amaranth Bonsai » by Aurélien Guintoli
Aurélien Guintoli surprises us once again with this Amaranth Bonsai. The elegance and originality of this creation in annealed wire and stabilized amaranths speaks for itself. Sublime.
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Meet with Aurélien Guintoli, florist and enthusiast of stabilized flowers.
"With preserved plants, our creativity is limited only by our imagination": this sentence describes quite precisely the arrangements made by our guest, Aurélien Guintoli, whose story with preserved plants started after an intervention of SecondFlor's co-founder, Mikaël Nicolas. Today, he trains other florists to express themselves through floral art and tells us his story in this interview.
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Land art by Andy Goldsworthy
Born in 1956 in England, Andy Goldsworthy is one of those artists who claim an art in symbiosis with nature. Playing on subtle balances and daring assemblies, he imposes himself as the emblematic figure of the artistic current that is Land Art. Ephemeral, geometric, graphic but above all unique, his works are the fruit of a path based on a strong attraction for nature. Whether it is sculptures, constructions, assemblies or others, Andy let his imagination create with what he finds. His [...]
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My rose
A rose head, cobra leaves, a pot. The trick is done: a composition with clean lines for a guaranteed result. EQUIPMENT To make this Do It Yourself, you need : - 1 stabilized english rose - Preserved cobra leaves - 1 flower holder - Floral foam - A cookie cutter (diameter 8cm, thickness 3cm) - A pot - Some tools 1 / With the cookie cutter, cut the floral foam. 2 / Glue the foam cylinder to the container. 3 / Stick the English rose with the flower holder: place the glue on t [...]
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An everlasting giant cherry tree
Have you ever seen a giant cherry tree with a thousand flowers and red and white lanterns? Well, certainly not this one! Entirely made in Lego, this tree sits in the middle of the Legoland theme park in Nagoya, Japan. It entered the Guiness Book of Records in April 2018 as the largest cherry blossom tree solely made from Lego bricks. 4.38 meters high, 881,470 bricks, 6,700 hours of work, and 3,300 kilos. The whole was built in Czech Republic before being assembled on site in Japan. This sc [...]
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« Summery Blooming » by Benoît Saint-Amand
Summery blooming : a summery creation by the Meilleur Ouvrier France (France's Best Worker), Benoît Saint-Amand. Stabilized cymbidium orchid and yellow gerbera, associated with some white dahlias and rose leaves, all delicately positioned on wooden rings.
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Meeting with Maryse Gilbert, designer of jewelry made of stabilized plants.
The concept of plant-based jewelry, created by Maryse Gilbert, still has a bright future ahead with this unique concept. From human resources director to jewelry designer, Maryse Gilbert has learned from her encounters and experiences to innovate with the help of living or stabilized plants. Discover her journey and the origin of her brand in this interview.
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