June 2013Guildford Cathedral Flower Gala. What a fantastic week working on the Alter exhibit for this fab show. Paula Pryke headed the design team and I worked from Monday through to Thursday on the preparation and launch.
My design depicts the Queens Coronation and it was left up for the coronation mass on Sunday 9th June in the Cathedral . My aim was to create an English country garden look and Chris Wolfe from Southeast flowers knew exactly where I was coming from and wanting to go with my ideas.
The crown is made from bronze mesh shaped into a crown and 400 freeze dried statchy leaves were glued onto the wire frame. Reindeer moss was wired and glued around the base and diamantes glued into place. Wire structures were made and I glued in aspidistra leaves and trimmed them to fit. I then added tiny flowers and berries which were were glued around the frame. A cushion was made from Purple velvet and the remainder was placed inside the crown.
