Paper Flower Art: Create Beautifully Realistic Floral Arrangements

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An inspirational book showing you how to create realistic, everlasting paper flowers and foliage for use in stunning bouquets, buttonholes and table displays. Clear step-by-step photographs and instructions will guide you in making 25 delicate paper flowers for focal pieces, accents, or for height and texture. In addition, there's a range of beautiful vines and foliage. The flowers include both dramatic and romantic species, such as rose, peony, anemone, cosmos, lisianthus, phlox, baby's breath, magnolia and foxglove. As well as comprehensive chapters on tools, materials and techniques, including paper manipulation and colouring, there is a fascinating section on the fine art principles of flower arranging. This includes colour scheme considerations, scale, positive/negative space, and how to create movement, texture, depth, shape, form and line AUTHOR: Jessie Chui is a self-taught paper floral artist, as well as a lawyer and teacher. She has a business called Crafted to Bloom, which provides bespoke paper florals and floral arrangements and also offers workshops, private lessons and online learning. She has been featured on various blogs and in magazines, including 100 Layer Cake, Lia Griffith's Artist Interview Series, The Paper Place and Wedluxe Magazine, to name a few. Jessie lives in Canada in the Greater Toronto Area. SELLING POINTS: Full of exquisite photography that will inspire Perfect for brides-to-be who want to make their own wedding flowers or venue decorators Over 40 projects, including flowers, vines, foliage and bouquets 800 colour photographs