With "Sublime fleur", Anaïs Jaya creates creations in preserved flowers that last over time and accompany her clients in all of life's occasions. The use of preserved plants is the results of a journey that she tells us about in this interview.
"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.
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 preserved plants. Discover her journey and the origin of her brand in this interview.
We would like to introduce you to Kenichi Ohchi, General Sales Manager of Ohchi Nursery Ltd, a Japanese producer of more than 1800 references of dried and preserved plants. His background away from the family business has led him to innovate and shift boundaries to promote the grandeur and beauty of nature. Discover his background, his commitments and his vision of the preserved flowers industry in this interview.
One can say that Sarah Willemart fell into the magic potion of flowers when she was young... As the daughter of a florist, her career has always been directly linked to the floral profession, but her inspirations come from elsewhere: from the world of tattoos. She is guided by each individual to create a composition of preserved plants to be placed directly on one's body. An art that she shares with us in this interview.
When preserved flowers and weddings come together in a family business, magic happens! It all started with Sandy's love for preserved flowers when she got married in 2014, and has turned into a great adventure. Let's meet Emilie Gouyet who shares with us the backstage of her business creation with 100% dried and preserved plants with her sister Sandy in the south of France.
His singular world comes from his numerous personal and professional encounters. Like any artist, Yannick Deplace has developed his floral art through new knowledge, new materials … He recounts in this interview his encounter with preserved plants and the exploration of his artistic senses.
A florist for more than 25 years, Benoît Saint-Amand is both a business owner and a floral design coach. The consecration comes in 2015 when he becomes MOF in floral art. He has at heart to create a timeless floral universe in which everything is possible, and you can read all about it in this interview.