Cultivated: The Elements of Floral Style by Christin Geall

Cultivated: The Elements of Floral Style Reviews

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  chihirom

  Ein ungewöhnlich schönes Buch mit traumhaften Fotos von wunderschönen und modernen Blumenarrangements. Außergewöhnlich gut auch durch die behandelten Themen, die alle möglichen Aspekte eines Blumenarrangements ansprechen: u.a. Farbtheorie, verschiedene Farbpaletten, Konstraste, Form, Rhythmus, Wiederholung, Stile verschiedener Epochen, Design, Fotografie, Beschaffung, Pflege FAZIT: Ein optischer und intellektueller Genuss!
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  Grace Healy

  This review is from Jane Barber, as she doesn’t have an account.Every so often a book comes along that has a profound impact on my life.Years ago I read “The Colour of Heaven” a novel by James Runcie, in it a painter is searching for the perfect ultramarine blue. The book made me fall in love with Venice, it’s artists and artisans. In 1995 I was given “The New Floral Artist” by Paula Pryke. That book made me want to be a florist. Fast forward 25 years later and “Cultivated” makes me want to be a better florist. One with a conscience, one with a deep connection to the natural landscape and what it gifts us.Reading Christin’s text is like talking to a kindred spirit. She’s an inspiring, generous, knowledgeable and amusing writer. But she’s not just a writer, she’s a storyteller. Like all good storytellers she draws us in so we want to know . I like how she refers to historical style and design and also tells her own flower story. I like that she is not a ‘flower snob’ , allowing statice, begonia leaves and even thing’s ‘on the turn’ to be noticed alongside their prettier vase mates!The photographs in this book are spectacular and need to be looked at again and again to be fully appreciated.I feel like this is probably the wrong adjective to use, in view of the world’s current events, but this book is simply breathtaking!Jane Barber. Florist.
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  Cliente goodreads

  Pensavo fosse un libro sui fiori con bellissime foto di composizioni. Invece è un interessante racconto su come nasce una composizione raccontato da una fotografa con dettagli e consigli sulla scelta dei colori delle forme delle luci dei fiori niente, niente è casuale.
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  Twig End

  You know that feeling when a book is so good, you just dont want it to ever end?I recently treated myself and *ordered a book* instead of checking it out from the library (I know!) and I was not disappointed. I was charmed and delighted. Best of all? I closed the book informed, inspired and feeling like Id made a lifelong friend (books can be lifelong friends).Christin Gealls (IG: @cultivatedbychristin) Cultivated: The Elements of Floral Style struck multiple chords in my flower and word loving heart, which all reverberated down into my soul. Im not exaggerating.First, and oh so refreshingly, Cultivated is not a step by step recipe book on how to reproduce the gatherings Geall has created. Instead, the author reaches deep to the roots of what it means to arrange flowers from the bounty of nature that surrounds us, especially blooms, branches and bracken from the garden. She writes on designing with the seasons in mind, with what we have on hand in the moment we begin to create. She dives into color theory, into the history of flower arranging (!!!), into finding our styles and strides as designers, and .Geall is a writer by first vocation; I so appreciated her well crafted words and the stories woven into and throughout this work. She writes and designs from a gardners perspective, someone who intimately knows soil, sweat, plants and pollinators. She shows how this all comes together in a work of art that can be shared with others: a flower arrangement. She has confidence that you can do the same.If youre like me, youve checked out every floral how to book from the library, have flipped through all the offerings on the shelves of your local bookstore. But maybe youve been looking for something , something that digs deeper into the broad spectrum of floral subjects. I devoured it in two days, read it with a pencil in hand, underlining and peppering the margins with hearts and wow faces and exclamation points.Have you read Cultivated? Not yet? If we were neighbors, Id let you borrow my copy but then you wouldnt want to give it back. I recommend you buy your own copy of this remarkable book.
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  Karen H

  My copy of Cultivated: The Elements of Floral Style just arrived this afternoon. I love it! The book is lovely in so many ways: the photographs are gorgeous, the writing is informative yet intimate and the book itself is beautiful. Christin Gealls book isnt just about flower arranging (though lovers of that craft will be especially well served) it is also about creativity and how to bring beauty and nature into our lives told in fascinating short essays inspired by art, history, color theory and even mathematics. And along the way author takes us into her delightful, unpredictable personal journey to becoming an international leader in floral design. I highly recommend this book that is beautiful in many ways.