Bouquets to Art: Part 2

This morning I met the team at the de Young Museum to put together our design.  We were all a bit worried about how it would turn out, but were very pleased with the end result.  Here are some pictures of the process:

This is the mask that was the inspiration for the design.  After throwing around several ideas, we decided on creating a circular structure sitting on top of a bowl with a pave design in the bowl.

Our fearless leader, Diana, attaching the glass bowl covered in magnolia leaves to the stand.

Jenny and Kim preparing the floral materials.  We had orange cymbidium orchids, green leucadendron, orange pincushion proteas, and red anthuriums.

Diana, Angela and Brenda making sure the container was nice and secure since the floor was slanted.

We attached the circle structure to the base by using tent spikes and pushing it in foam.  The circles are made out of curly willow (outer ring) and chicken wire covered with galax leaves (inner circle).

Diana showed us how to start the pave design in the bowl.  We all took turns working on the piece.

Almost finished!  

For a finishing touch, we put anthuriums in groupings around the circle structure and added woven flax leaves, created by Emma, to add line and interest.  We also added a monkey tail fern to the center of the inner circle to mimic the holes in the mask.  

Here is the finished piece next to our inspiration.  What do you think?

A full length shot of  the finished piece

A close up of the front of the pave design.

Since you couldn't really see the pincushions from the front, I took a side view.  Its a nice little surprise in the back when you look closer.

Thanks to a great team we pulled off an incredible design.  We are all really happy with how it turned out.  I hope you all get a chance to go and check out the rest of the exhibit.  There are some really cool pieces there.  Next weekend I will be going back and taking more pictures, but until then, here's a little teaser: