Artists That Impact My Floral Designs
1.Sorelle Amore
Sorelle is a creator who makes content around Mind, Heart, and Body artistry. She is best known for taking striking pictures of herself and she has coined the term #advancedselfie. Her background is in marketing and she has a Youtube channel that has documented her journey from “Luxury Travel Influencer” to the business mentor and artist she is now. She not only has inspired my design style, but also my mind surrounding entrepreneurship and branding. She uses very rich moody color schemes and strives to tell stories with her photos.
2.Color Theory Design Co.
Alyssa Lyttle runs a Portland based floral design business and has an incredibly elegant structured design style. She carefully curates color pallets for her arrangements that play off of subtle nuances in blooms and creates seamless blends. On top of being an influential designer she invests her knowledge and skills back into her community with classes and video subscription courses to guide and equip new florists such as myself. When Covid-19 began impacting the Portland floral community she spearheaded a project called the #flowertourpdx, involving many other local florists for the purpose of creating inspirational floral installations around the city.
3.Sabrina Claudio
Sabrina is an alternative R&B artist. Her aesthetic is very sensual, vintage, and romantic. I tend to gravitate towards her music whenever I am designing. I think it inspires me so much because the mood her music puts me in is the ideal mood for receiving flowers. Pro tip- if you are giving flowers to a lover have Claudio playing in the background.
4. Coyote Flowers
Lauren Sellen is a Toronto based florist who is able to beautifully integrate the human form into her design images. I have a dance background and finding ways to incorporate bodies into my work is an artistic passion of mine. She has been able to blend the mediums of fashion and floral artistry together in a way that inspires many of my professional goals.
5. Floraison
Floraison is a floral design studio based in Paris, France. This studio is led by the creative genius Akiko Kovacs who is originally from Japan and started her career as a florist there. She takes lush luxurious dreams and transforms them into a personal reality. I know that sounds very dramatic, but once you see her work you will understand. She mixes classical floral techniques with contemporary styles and color schemes that exude pure elegance.
6. Sarah Bahbah
Sarah is a Palestinian, Austrain-raised artist who creates with a mix of mediums including poetry, photography, and film. She has utilized platforms like Instagram to showcase many of her photo series’. Her images capture the fantasy of romantic luxury, but they are often accompanied by daringly honest captions. She speaks about the mundane and about the oversaturated in surprising ways. Her work has shown me how high-aesthetics don’t need to sacrifice realism.
