ARTFLOR: Advanced Design + Process

With her unique cultural perspective and innate talent, Japanese-Canadian floral artist Hitomi Gilliam has become over the past couple of decades one of the world's most respected creators and teachers of the true art of flower arranging.A gold-medal-winning designer and holder of the AIFD "Design Influence" Award, as well as being a renowned author and lecturer, Hitomi is a familiar figure in floral circles in her native Canada, the US, Mexico, Britain, Japan, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Now comes her magnum opus: a work conceived to take students to the ultimate level. Step by step, she leads you through the process and reveals the secrets of a great artist - the summation of many years of trial and error, discovery and achievement. Technique can be acquired - but inspiration? Yes, this too, if the fundamentals are properly understood. Imagination and vision are the handmaidens of creativity - and Hitomi can unlock the door to these elusive muses.Whether you aspire to become a professional floral artist, a competition-winning arranger or simply to be able express yourself to the full via this vibrant art form, you cannot afford to be without this magnificent 168-page book (245mm x 320mm), superbly printed in full colour on matte art paper, with a thread-sewn hard cover. Artflor is a unique mix of sumptuous coffee-table tome, indispensable reference work and powerful teaching tool