Everlasting Indoor Garden: Creating Original Dried Flower Garlands, Topiaries & Swags

Everlasting Indoor Garden: Creating Original Dried Flower Garlands, Topiaries & Swags

by TerenceMoore (Author)

Synopsis

The natural world offers a rich and endless variety of materials for the craftsperson - dried grasses, flowers, mosses, pinecones, leaves, twigs, nuts, fungi and even shells. Fifty projects are explained clearly through step-by-step instruction and visual examples. From the simplest lavender and rosebud-filled terracotta pot to breathtaking structures of lichen, leaves and twigs; from a plain but elegant sheaf of wheat and flowers bound with a raffia bow to a dazzling Christmas garland of nuts and winter foliage; from summery swags and opulent hangings, to avant-garde moss globes and leaf pyramids, there are ideas to suit traditional and contemporary tastes - and every level of ability. With more than 300 colour photographs, this book is also highly practical, making even the most complex-seeming creations eminently achievable. Full details of basic techniques, materials and tools are included, as well as helpful advice on caring for the finished work, to ensure that the book has everything you need to create original, beautiful displays for every occasion.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 160
Edition: illustrated edition
Publisher: Southwater
Published: 30 Nov 2002

ISBN 10: 1842156861
ISBN 13: 9781842156865

Media Reviews
Terence Moore shares his vast knowledge of dried flower arranging in this attractive guide to making your own floral decorations for the home. Easier than at first thought, he offers a range of styles and materials open to individual interpretation, to make a truly personal design. Topiary balls and cones, wreathes, swags, baskets and candleholders, composed of all manner of natural items: dried flowers, leaves, shells and fir cones. Add a festive touch to your home with a blue fir topiary ball or use romantic rose swags to adorn a wedding table. Candle-holders made of shells or terracotta pots filled with lavender and finished with a straw tie add an organic touch to any room, doubly pleasing if collected and made oneself. Accompanied by lavish colour photographs, the clear and concise step-by-step instructions make this a craft easily learnt at home. - Lucy Watson