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Bookhenge: Joseph won the first-ever "Art in Bloom" Designers' Choice award for this design.
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Bookhenge: Joseph begins by explaining by what he means by armature for arrangements -- in this example, a whimsical sculpture of almuminun wire.
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Bookhenge: It all begins with a Trader Joe's orchid -- "good value."
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Bookhenge: Add some red-stemmed dogwood branches . . .
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Bookhenge: Break out the weedeater wire . , .
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Bookhenge: Attach the weedeater wire with an adhesive dot . . .
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Bookhenge: Stretch out and twist the weedeater wire as you like . . .
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Bookhenge: Use super-fine burin wire to attach as needed . . .
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Bookhenge: Nip at the rib of a cast-iron leaf to divide into strips . . .
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Bookhenge: Separate the strips and weave into the design . . .
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Bookhenge: The added elements -- weedeater wire and cast-iron leaves -- add rhythm to the design . . .
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Bookhenge: Green waves of cast-iron leaves seem like Chinese calligraphy . . .
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Bookhenge: Tada!
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Bookhenge: Lots of movement, rhythm in this design . . .
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Bookhenge: Now for second design, we'll use Dianthus barbatus "green trick" dianthus . . .
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Bookhenge: Midnight oasis -- conveniently turns black when wet . . .
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Bookhenge: Time to incorporate our aluminum wire armature . . .
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Bookhenge: Pave' (smuch down ;-) green trick dianthus into midnight oasis . . .
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Bookhenge: Add armature . . .
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Bookhenge: So far, so good . . .
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Bookhenge: Begin to add yellow tulips -- "Yellow just says spring to me"
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Bookhenge: To prevent tulips from growing toward the light and changing shape, pierce in the base of the bloom . . .
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Bookhenge: Continue to add tulips . . .
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Bookhenge: Close-up of green trick dianthus
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Bookhenge: The finished design . . .
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Bookhenge: Photo opp
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Bookhenge: Begin third design with a few green trick dianthus blossoms andstems of mrytle . . .
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Bookhenge: Add a few hyacinth sticks wrapped with wire . . .
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Bookhenge: Close-up
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Bookhenge: Add grevillea . . . note that grevillea makes a lovely boutoniere . . .