Workshops
To design like Constance Spry…”it means bouts with the brambles, flirtations with ferns, and carnival with cabbages.”
-Beverly Nichols, Excerpt from ‘How to do the Flowers’ by Constance Spry
About the Workshop
Constance Spry (1886-1960) considered the Godmother of sustainable floristry, was a British social worker turned elite floral designer, author and educator who was known for using unconventional elements that could easily be grown and found at home. She became the florist to Queen Elizabeth while breaking the boundaries of prejudice and class within the floral industry.
For this workshop, Melissa will guide you to create your own elevated design using Constance’s preferred mechanics and design techniques while sharing tips and stories about Constance’s incredible life.
Take your design home along with two professional images of your work!
About the Instructor
Melissa Feveyear is the visionary behind Terra Bella Flowers, who combined her formal design training with her education in Environmental Studies/ Hazardous Waste Management to create one of the nation's first ecological focused flower shops. Melissa is a proud founder of the Seattle Growers Market. She has been featured in Debra Prinzing’s ‘The 50 Mile Bouquet’, NPR and other national and international publications.
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About the workshop:
Looking to buff up your bouquet skills? Join Camile Craig of New Leaf Floral Design to learn her tips and tricks for designing intentional, whimsical hand-tied bouquets. In this workshop we will use a bouquet armature, gorgeous local autumn blooms, and the power of creativity to design something incredible. All materials and tools will be provided, so just bring your sweet self and a friend!
About the designer:
Camile Craig is a floral artist based in Seattle, WA. She is known for her funky color palettes and bold event designs. Camile is obsessed with color, texture, and the unexpected ways flowers can teach us about our own creativity. She has spent over a decade with stems in her hands and is always excited to share the love she finds in her work with others.
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About the Workshop
Display your flowers in a hand made ceramic bud vase you build! Each participant will design and create a white stoneware bud vase using a slab build method. You’ll learn the basics of rolling slabs, using a template and successfully attaching clay together. Ideas for adding surface design will be discussed if you’d like to embellish your forms.
Once the pieces have dried, Dannielle will fire and apply clear glaze to the vases and participants will collect their bud vase from SGM in 2 weeks. SGM will have a selection of complementary stems available for attendees to take home with their vase.
About the Instructor
Dannielle Swan owns and operates Field to Heart, a flower farm in Curtis, WA; growing cut flowers and foliage for wholesale markets in Seattle and Portland. When she’s not working the fields she enjoys working in her ceramic studio. She studied Art at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, with a minor in Art Education; continuing on to get her Masters in Teaching in Art from Western Washington University. She started working with clay in 2006 at Pottery Northwest in Seattle and has been a passionate student of it ever since. She teaches ceramics at Arbutus Folk School in Olympia.
"If I were a planet, art and gardening would be my sun and moon. My passion and connection with nature is the sun because it has provided my livelihood; revolving around it, I have historically turned to designing with and caring for plants as a source of income. Art would be my moon because it has ebbed and flowed throughout my life, but always revolving around me as a constant; tugging at the tides of my heart and drawing me back in”. - Dannielle Swan
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