Synopses & Reviews
Avi Adler and David Stark have worked with lots of exotic flowers, but they're best known for the innovative effects they create with humble blossoms other floral designers disdain. In their hands, carnations, daisies, and baby's breath become fluffy 12-foot clouds, massive flower-upholstered orbs -- even a vivid wall of colors.
In Wild Flowers they scale down the size of their projects, but not their imaginations. Treating the colors and textures of flowers and other plants as artist's materials and introducing unusual items like adhesive stickers and feather boas, they present a wild array of do-it-yourself floral fantasies. Step-by-step instructions and photographs show readers how to turn a drinking glass into a glamorous vase, how to punch up a dining room table with a lawn of blooms, and dozens of other ways to add playful yet sophisticated touches in unexpected places around the house.
Synopsis
For a decade renowned event designers David Stark and Avi Adler have been creating the art and fashion world's most talked-about parties, with flower arrangements that completely break the mold. Their easy-to-follow formulas show how a rummage through a hardware store, the attic, or even the refrigerator can transform everyday ingredients—colored gravel, feather boas, office supplies, and more—into glamorous, one-of-a-kind floral designs.