Art In Bloom Festival 🧵 Continued

Inspiration: Leo
Primary floral materials: pussy willow, roses, sunflowers, calla lilies, amaranthus, ranunculus, chrysanthemums

🧑‍🎨 From the Designers: Leo blazes, fire born, sun ruled, radiating warmth, passion, loyalty, and royalty. Pussy Willow, crowned with fur-soft catkins, embodies resilience and enduring strength; bold; devoted sunflowers turn their golden faces to follow the sun.

😍 My take: This was the first installation/sculpture connected with the secondary 'Zodiac' theme, and was spectacular, taller than the viewers. I had to take a pic of the booty because, if you look closely, there are lettered strands woven in, with words like "energetic" and "confident".

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Art In Bloom Festival 🧵 Continued

Inspiration: Woman Seated on a Bench, Greek, Attic or Boeotian

Primary floral materials: roses, carnations, grasses, eryngium, scabiosa pods, hanging amaranthus

Context: Tanagra figurines were cherished cast clay possessions that must have hinted at their owner's inevitable death, often accompanying them into the grave. Mutely, they show us a bit about how they lived 2400 years ago.

You have to appreciate the difficulty in interpreting in flowers, a figurine that stood no taller than 6in/15cm. Look closely to see interesting details.

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Art In Bloom Festival 🧵 Continued

Art Piece Inspiration: 'The Peruzzi Altarpiece' (Christ blessing with Saint John the Evangelist, the Virgin Mary, Saint John the Baptist, and Saint Francis Giotto de Bondone

Primary floral materials: lilies, delphiniums, poppies, dahlias, scabiosa pods, hydrangeas

From the design team: "The thorns echoed Jesus's sacrifice. Flowers symbolize royalty (purple closed parentheses, Jesus says blood (crimsons), and divine purity (white)."

I like how the designers figured out a way to represent the panels.

Zoom in on flower art to see detail. In most pieces there are small, hidden embellishments.

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