Per’s Week One Texture Study Notes

Compiled by Per Benjamin

LECTURE ONE DESIGN #1
Playfull colourful bouquet (hybrid mixed textures)

Handmade chickenwire structure(made as described before)

Then spray painted in colour matching the yarn.

Yarn is only worked on the top side of the structure using the wire ends to hook on to.

These wire ends need later be covered with stems, berries or something.

Flowers and foliage are worked in mainly one at a time, but always leaving one behind for a maybe needed corresponding placement later on.

Leave space in between the flower heads, both to show the structure and to give room for accent details later on.

Finish of the bouquet with these details and repeat some of the yarn on top also.

Try to find as many different textural materials as possible following the guideline from my explanation.

BOTANICAL LIST:

• Dianthus

• Hypericum

• Rosehips

• Tulipa

• Ranunculus

• Germini

• Cymbidium

• Magnolia

• Phormium

• Protea

SUPPLY LIST:

• Yarn

• Felt flowers

• Plastic ribbons

• Chiffon ribbons

• Perplexs

LECTURE ONE DESIGN #2
Organic rustique bouquet (natural botanical textures)

Handmade chickenwire structure(made as described before)

Then spray painted in colour matching the olive branches.

Simply place branches randomly onto of the structure and then secure them with silver bullion wire looping over using the wire ends on structure as hooks.

These wire ends need later be covered with stems, berries or something.

Flowers and foliage are worked in mainly one at a time, but always leaving one behind for a maybe needed corresponding placement later on.

Leave space in between the flower heads, both to show the structure and to give room for accent details later on.

Finish of the bouquet with these details and repeat some of the olive branches on top also.

Try to find as many different botanical, organically textural materials as possible following the guideline from my explanation.

BOTANICAL LIST:

• Olive

• Dianthus

• Rosa

• Plumosus

• Siergrass

• Magnolia

• Cymbidium

• Clematis

• Hedera

• Typha

• Beargrass

SUPPLY LIST:

• Feathers

• Papercovered wire

• leather ribbons

• paper ribbons

MENTOR SESSION DESIGN #1
Playfull colourful bouquet (hybrid mixed textures)

Handmade chickenwire structure(made as described before)

Then spray painted in colour matching the raffia

Raffia is first and last worked on the top side of the structure using the wire ends to hook on to.

Once some lines are in place simply put a mix onto that you both wear and suspend on the structure. Leave it volumus and open.

Flowers and foliage are worked in mainly one at a time, but always leaving one behind for a maybe needed corresponding placement later on.

Leave space in between the flower heads, both to show the structure and to give room for accent details later on.

Finish of the bouquet with these details and repeat some of the raffia on top also.

I have mainly woven in the textural lines in-between the raffia.

Try to find as many different textural materials as possible following the guideline from my explanation.

BOTANICAL LIST:

• Dianthus

• Hypericum

• Tulipa

• Ranunculus

• Chryssanthemum

• Cymbidium

• Magnolia

• Phormium

• Spray rose

• Ranuculus butterfly

• Viburnum red spirit

• Clematis

• Bear Grass

• Strelitzia dried

SUPPLY LIST:

• Plastic ribbons

• Chiffon ribbons

• Leather ribbons

• Handmade metall leaves

MENTOR SESSION DESIGN #2
Organic rustique bouquet (now turned into a hybrid mixed textures)

Handmade chickenwire structure(made as described before)

Then spray painted in colour matching the olive branches.

Simply place branches randomly onto of the structure and then secure them with silver bullion wire looping over using the wire ends on structure as hooks.

These wire ends need later be covered with stems, berries or something.

Flowers and foliage are worked in mainly one at a time, but always leaving one behind for a maybe needed corresponding placement later on.

Leave space in between the flower heads, both to show the structure and to give room for accent details later on.

Finish of the bouquet with these details and repeat some of the olive branches on top also.

Try to find as many different textural materials as possible following the guideline from my explanation.

BOTANICAL LIST:

• Olive

• Dianthus

• Rosa

• Plumosus

• Siergrass

• Magnolia

• Cymbidium

• Clematis

• Hedera

• Typha

• Beargrass

SUPPLY LIST:

• Feathers

• Papercovered wire

• leather ribbons

• paper ribbons

• Pipecleaners

• Handmade metall leaves

• Handmade velvet leaves

• Artificial monstera leaves

• Plastic ribbons

• Chiffon ribbons

• Aluwire spirals