Although no design is truly unique, as concepts are inspired by something that already exists, what makes a design special is the designer’s interpretation and vision, and award winning French designer Marie – Francoise Deprez has a wonderfully refreshing approach to floral design.
Deprez’s style is distinctive; it is simplistic, contemporary and sophisticated, created by sweeping rhythmic lines and architectural shapes, blends of textures, themes and choice flowers, all equally balanced with a youthful playfulness.
Deprez’s style is distinctive; it is simplistic, contemporary and sophisticated, created by sweeping rhythmic lines and architectural shapes, blends of textures, themes and choice flowers, all equally balanced with a youthful playfulness.
In this latest addition to her book collection, Floral Fantaisie, arts and crafts feature in many designs, incorporating traditional floristry tool box items such as ribbons and feathers to the more unusual mediums of paper doylies, newspaper and other paper products to kitsch floral printed fabrics.
What is particularly compelling about Deprez’s work is that the container and vases used, form an integral part of the design, it is not simply a vessel to hold the materials but provides part of the overall shape and form, reflecting the nature of the design and the colour palette used, whilst some mirror the movement and rhythm created, others pose as a textural juxtaposition to the core materials used.
Other themes explored in the book are the links between the floral world and fashion design, not just by incorporating fabric into designs but items such as buttons and zips in vivid hues, skilfully placed, creating a contrast between materials used, greatly representing the world today where nature and man – made products converge and become one.
Space and form are used imaginatively in Deprez’s work, with negative space ( an absence of material within an area of a design) and positive space (an area of material that creates an outline) used together to great effect, which adds depth, perception of distance and density of material.
Floral Fantaisie provides the reader with a journey of themes, colour and shape, awakening the visual senses with every page turn.
www.jeuxdefleurs.org
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