One of the sources of inspiration for Floral Design is technique, or craftsmanship. A designer who has professional techniques, processes and craft skills at the finger tips will always find ever more exciting new ways to present the beauty and variety of flowers and plants. This is the reason "Floral Craftsmanship" provides a wide range of inspirations, systematically illustrating the processes involved in 60 activities and techniques of Floral Design, introducing each one in word and image and describing the concrete use of each one on the basis of 150 individual arrangements.Several step-by-step photos and sketches provide a detailed explanation of the constructions and arrangements. Helpful supporting constructions are also described, as are several forms and shapes that can be used in various different ways, plus the most cost-effective floral materials and other components.Today especially, as more and more people wish to learn and experience Floral Design, the subject is transforming into an exciting mixture of landscape design, table design and ornamental culture. This book is a response to this tendency. Gregor Lersch's name vouches for the professional integrity of the work; new perspectives are provided to an entire profession, the identity of the profession is expanded, yet always retaining its definition through flowers and plants.

Floral Craftsmanship

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Gregor Lersch

Jürgen Potthoff

Crafts & Hobbies

FloralDesign Edition by kriener-potthoff communications gmbh

A study text for recreating and practicing floral designs.

It takes years of professional knowledge and advanced technical proficiency to be able to deliver appealing and harmonious results in floral design. The theory which we absorbed during our apprenticeship needs to be forged through practice into designs worth their name. This is not always easy. We need stylistic confidence and knowledge of botany, knowledge of design criteria and the skills that come from practice.   Those who wish may learn plenty of new and interesting details from Brigitte Heinrichs in this respect. In her new book "100 floral ideas for the convivial table" she presents arrangements which she then describes in simple language for others to copy.

Supported by Jürgen Potthoff's conceptual inputs she reveals the design criteria of the individual designs, so that the reader can follow the basic design decisions which she herself made in her work.
In this way the reader learns how to apply design elements, design categories and design principles in their own design, by working on individual concrete examples for many diverse occasions. We deepen our knowledge of botany and refresh our knowledge of contemporary floristry skills.

Those who want can even try and use the comprehensive and detailed checklist provided in the book to describe the individual arrangements that are presented in its pages and compare whether the description coincides with the authors' interpretation. It will most certainly also be useful to reproduce one or the other arrangement - a good exercise that creates confidence in the techniques we apply daily.

The check list is also useful as a tool for documenting one's own work professionally. With some practice it becomes easy relatively quickly to explain one's work. But more than that, we become aware of the fact that practice gives us confidence and increases the likelihood of making the right decisions.

100 Floral Ideas for the Convivial Table

Brigitte Heinrichs

Home Improvement & Design

The game of opposites is – not only in floristry – one of the most expressive design elements. It is particularly important to find the right dosage of two extreme positions in order to find the level between tension and rest, colour and non-colour, diversity and reduction that we intend, and can then apply to make our emotional statement. This can not be achieved without proper practice. Gregor Lersch has analysed the main contrasts in floristry which are used to steer emotion. Using many step-by-step examples, he illustrates the possible transformations and nuances. The examples are designed to help identify what happens when we make certain changes, so that the designer is able to make informed decisions between harmony and contrast, and is thus able to develop a feel for the correct dosage at a given moment. In this way he becomes more and more skilled in the application of an elementary design principle.

The Relationship of Contrasts

This study book deals extensively with the design of floral arrangements for Advent and Christmas, as well as with a range of effective forms for exhibition presentations. Above all, the particular techniques needed for technically sound execution are described in detail, so that they can be followed systematically. Using the obligatory FloralDesign Edition fold-outs, this study book also gives the reader a second easy to use overview of a comprehensive list of all the techniques. Some techniques that recur frequently in Advent and Christmas floristry are described separately; as are the techniques for making certain parts of an arrangement, e.g. candleholders, multi-pronged forks, etc. Practical tips and detailed elucidation of technical terms complete the explanations. Since different design intentions often require different craft techniques, it is important for us to illustrate not only the various arrangements and the techniques for their execution, but also to explain which individual design decisions were responsible for the final form. "Form follows function" was one of the Bauhaus maxims which still applies today. Following Kant one could also say: "Form without content is empty. Content without form is blind". In this sense - and providing references to several other text books - we keep on reminding the reader of the connection to the core design issues.

Modern Floral Christmas Works

Contemporary bridal bouquet techniques. Hand-tied bouquets for all seasons. Free standing bound workpieces. In the second edition of Gregor Lersch's book Floral Craftsmanship, the existing range of descriptions of floral techniques is now supplemented with the broad theme of "tied bouquets and what has developed from them". Here bouquets and above all bridal bouquets, free tied arrangements, as well as other things of which one can actually only guess that they originated in a bouquet, are introduced. Contemporary examples of applications of techniques, as well as of their meaning within the design process are provided. It is afterall only in the execution that the chosen technique proves itself to be sensible and intelligent. 150 arrangements relevant to design practice are supported with a separate technical section and the obligatory pull out margin in order that each arrangement can be practically copied.

Floral Craftsmanship 2 - Bound Plus

Floral Diminutives – Different/Authentic

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