Festive Thinking Gallery 2023
Contributing Designers
Festive Thinking 2023 welcomed a suite of Christmas arrangements from a talented group of Floral Designers and Floral Artists, who each drew their inspiration from Christmas Crescent and Layered Luxury - festive design incorporating sickles, or wrapped fibre forms, in various ways.
Deb Collett
A modern and metallic approach to Christmas designing, incorporating sickles made from steel mesh
Rosa, Senecio, Rhipsalis, Alocasia, Xanthorrhoea
Design - Deb Collett
Photography - Deb Collett
Jill Hoskin
An arching Christmas crescent made of smaller sickles, floating above a pottery bottle - all in a warm, earthy colour palette.
Avalanche Roses, Poinsettia, Gomphocarpus, Leucodendron, Dietes
Design - Jill Hoskin
Photography - Jill Hoskin
Holly Oates
Table design in a classic Christmas colour scheme, with sickles made from mulch and bind wire
Rosa, Dianthus, Stirlingia
Design - Holly Oates
Photography - Holly Oates
Kathryn Simmonds
A low design created using the hammering technique and test tubes, with a fibre sickle that stretches the width of the composition
Spathiphyllum, Gerbera, Ornithogalum, Astelia
Design - Kathryn Simmonds
Photography - Kathryn Simmonds
Linda Taneja
A draping garland-style design created on an internal sickle made with paper and coconut fibre and wrapped with cotton
Buxus semperverins, eilucadendron,
Agapanthus praecox, Ozothamnus diosmifolius, Xerochrysum
Design - Linda Taneja
Photography Linda Taneja
Shari Hammond
Low, table design of overlapping sickles made from Coconut fibre and wrapped in copper bullion wire
Rosa, Scabiosa, Leucadendron, Helichrysum, Papaver, Tillandsia usneoides
Design - Shari Hammond
Photography Shari Hammond
Michael Cordeiro
Festive arrangement with sweeping lines made from Koala Fern bound into linear forms
Phalaenopsis, Hydrangea, Caustis blakei, Zantedeschia, Leucadendron
Design - Michael Cordeiro
Photography Michael Cordeiro
Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
A dramatic composition of radiating linear energy and contrasting colours and forms - excitement for the festive season
Tulip, Amaranthus caudatus, Zantedeschia, Gloriosa, Bryophyta/Moss (Preserved)
Design - Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
Photography - Mary Fairlie-Cuninghame
Kerry Thomson
Gloriosa Lilies add a touch of the exotic to this contemporary composition with metallic finishes and colours that bring a festive feeling
Gloriosa, Rosa, Anthurium, Salix
Design - Kerry Thomson
Photography - Kerry Thomson
Priya Shah
Structural design of sickles made from various fibres and a star shape formed out of moss
Strelitzia reginae, Pinus, Bryophyta/Moss
Design - Priya Shah
Photography - Priya Shah
Priya Shah
Basket-like structure of sickle forms holding and supporting Anthuriums and festive touches
Strelitzia reginae, Pinus, Bryophyta/Moss
Design - Priya Shah
Photography - Priya Shah
David Berger
A displacement design with a trailing cornucopia form created from interwoven sickles and a bounty of cascading floral materials
Phalaenopsis, Gloriosa, Craspedia, Leucopsermum, Casuarina, Anthurium clarinervium
Design - David Berger
Photography - David Berger
Mark Pampling
A structural design with a basket shape of sickles holding an Alocasia plant and decorated with other cut materials and pendulous baubles
Alocasia, Chrysanthemum, Rosa, Dianthus, Cornus
Design - Mark Pampling
Photography - Mark Pampling
Mark Pampling
Protea cynaroides, Alocasia, Leucospermum, Rosa, Dianthus, Craspedia, Phalaenopsis, Strelitzia
Design - Mark Pampling
Photography - Mark Pampling
Mark Pampling
A classically inspired urn arrangement with trailing sickles of Tillandsia usneoides
Rosa, Alocasia, Echeveria, Leucadendron, Melaleuca
Design - Mark Pampling
Photography - Mark Pampling
Mark Pampling
Rosa, Dianthus, Eucalyptus, Flindersia australis, Cornus,Star Anise, Cinnamon
Design - Mark Pampling
Photography - Mark Pampling
Mark Pampling
Flowers and festive touches emerge from a volcano inspired form conveying a Christmas feeling in this table arrangement