The Floral Decorator - Rilegato

Kenneth Turner is internationally acclaimed as the foremost floral decorator working today. His designs and displays, always innovative and uniquely tailored to their setting, have appeared throughout Europe, the United States and the Near and Far East, gracing family homes and grand hotels, stately castles and country churches. Born and brought up in Ireland, Kenneth Turner has had a profound love of flowers and the world of nature since childhood. He studied horticulture and landscape gardening at Greenmount College in Northern Ireland and at Reading University before setting up his own business in 1972. Twenty years on, his highly successful company, Kenneth Turner International, supplies not just floral decorations but also a wide range of silverware, candles, potpourri and luxury bodycare products to customers the world ov

er is the floral decorator par excellence, the unsurpassed master, who, with his unique designs, has turned a craft into an art. Here, for the first time, he describes in detail the principles and techniques behind his work. From basic skills to breathtaking grand designs, The Floral Decorator contains step-by-step instructions, over forty projects for self-contained decorations, and sumptuous illustrations of Turner's work, making it invaluable to anyone who until now has only been able to marvel at the master's creations.

Turner begins with explanations of basic procedures essential for any successful decoration, whatever the size. With his inimitable enthusiasm and direct approach, he discusses the importance of color, texture and shape, and shows how to plan a design to complement its surroundings. He then goes on to demonstrate simple techniques such as wiring ingredients for displays and creating moss and wire moulds; he also explores the wide range of containers available and how t