From left to right: Recycled glass orb vase; white stoneware slim vase by Tracie Hervy; recycled glass bud vase; white stoneware tray by Tracie Hervy (holding a stone frog and small beach stone vase); large beach stone vase; a ceramic vessel hand-thrown by potter Yuko Sato.
BLOOMIST COLLABORATOR HILARY ROBERTSON IS A FEARLESS MIXER OF FRESH AND DRIED BOTANICALS. HERE SHE TELLS US HOW AND WHY TO MAKE A NATURAL ARRANGEMENT WITH THEM BOTH.
Photos by David Chow
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Fresh and dried botanicals are actually perfect complements. Dried specimens give an arrangement structure while fresh specimens give it movement. The dried ones can be harder to work with, in the sense that they don’t bend or move. The advantage of mixing them with the fresh is that the fresh can add some movement. And literally everything in this photo that’s fresh will dry really well. Even if you left this as is for the entire holiday, it wouldn’t really change — maybe just fade a bit from green to gray From left to right: Yuko Sato ceramic vase under recycled glass cloche; large beach stone vase with dried silver brunia; Yuko Sato ceramic vase. |
“IT’S ABOUT HAVING A NICE MIXTURE OF THINGS THAT ARE SOLID AND AIRY” |
