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Unique Design Using Nataive Australian Flowers
Julie Shields, from Adelaide, South Australia, has created an arrangement containing Red Kangaroo Paw and flowers from the Australian branch of the Proteaceae family, in a straight-forward design with clean lines. [November 2005]
French-Style Funeral Floral Tribute
Pascal Phaner, from Lyon, France, has designed a typical French-style funeral floral arrangement, so-called "à la Française," characterized by the use of many flowers and a geometric shape, with some empty space. Pascal used a 1-Meter EYCHENNE® Star Raquette in his design, perfect for big-stem insertion and a high concentration of foliage and flowers. [October 2005]
OASIS® Floral Foam Cross is a Beautiful Tribute
José Luis Silva, of Arte Floral in Monterrey, Mexico, has designed a beautiful Cross Tribute, using an OASIS® Floral Foam Cross with a masonite base, covered with leather leaf fern, plumose, beige and pink roses, purple spray aster and lisianthus. [September 2005]
Chinese Artistic-Feel Table Decoration
Mr. Wang Lu Chang, of Shanghai, China, has created a Chinese artistic-feel table decoration with a transparent glass look, using OASIS® Premium Floral Foam, a Powerstick Corso and Paper-Coated Wire - with large pink Lotus, Roses, Anthurium and more - to achieve the optimum combination of East meets West elements. [July 2005]
Round Table Decoration Combines Tension and Lightness
Lars Jensen, from Copenhagen, has designed a round table decoration using an OASIS® BIOLIT® Ring, with a natural base and assorted colours of wire, which has lightness to it, but at the same time, creates a tension with the choice and mix of materials and flowers. [June 2005]
Martinin Glass and RAINBOW® Foam
Kim, Hae Sook, from Seoul, Korea, has created a unique RAINBOW® foam design, using a martini glass, decorative wire, dangling glass balls filled with Orange, Gray and Lime RAINBOW foam, and flowers - formed as a dome on the top. [May 2005]
Design Elements Using Rhythm and Dimension
Eunice Teo, from Malaysia, has created a uniquely shaped arrangement, carving a wide U-shape out of Baby Pink RAINBOW® foam, placing it upright in a diagonal fashion in a shallow container, using white, pink and green flowers and foliage to create rhythm and dimension in this design. [April 2005]
Floating Candles Create Romance in an OASIS® Design Ring
Steffen Laible, of Minden, Germany, has designed a colorful and romantic arrangement with an OASIS® Design Ring, floating votive candles in the center, laminated coloured paper, and colourful flowers and foliage. [March 2005]
Art in Glass - Times Two!
Moniek Vanden Berghe, from Lembeke, Belgium, has created two beautiful glass container arrangements, using fine slices of Ivory, Lime Green and Saffron Orange OASIS® RAINBOW® Foam, Anthurium, Ranuculus, and Agapanthus. [Februrary 2005]
Have a Heart
Helen Atkinson, NDSF, a teaching florist from Smithers-Oasis U.K., has created a traditional Valentine's design with a unique twist, using a solid OASIS® RAINBOW® Foam Red Heart and positioning two red roses with some strategically placed foliage, to achieve a richly coloured symbol of love. [January 2005]
"Japanese Beauty" Honors OASIS® Floral Foam 50th Anniversary
Naoki Sasaki, from Mie, Japan, celebrates the invention of OASIS® Floral Foam by creating this "Japanese Beauty" design, featuring spatial art by the line of the individual flower. [November 2004]
Simple, Yet Elegant Centerpiece
Eunice Teo, AIFD, from Malaysia, has created a light and airy centerpiece with an OASIS® Easy Fix holder, Bird's Nest Fern, Eustoma, Roses and other foliage. [October 2004]
Elegant Line and Style Design for an Executive Office
Armando Herrera Ayala, from Mexico, has designed a modern, yet elegant arrangement using two defined forms with an OASIS® Floral Foam Sphere and square vase, white roses, yellow alstroemeria, and foliage. [Februrary 2004]
Eye-Catching Red OASIS® RAINBOW® Foam Spheres
Maria Bökman, from Tidlösa Bloomor in Malmö, Sweden, has created a delightful eye-catching design with Baroque Red OASIS® RAINBOW® foam spheres, fire thorn, arum lily, dried bear grass, coral and much more! [December 2003]
Corner Design Leads the Way
Michael J. Skaff, AAF, AIFD, PFCI, Smithers-Oasis Design Director, has created an L-shaped design to rest on a door frame or mantel, using two OASIS® FLORACAGE® Holders, bright orange Gerbera, orange Asiatic Lillies, white Orchids, and other beautiful flowers and foliage. [November 2003]
Movement and Color Entice the Eye
Franky Bollingh, of "Bontanicus" Florist in Landen, Belgium, has created a glass vase arrangement, using OASIS® Rainbow™ Foam cubes in varying shades of red, and draping the foliage and flowers from an OASIS® Cake Dummy, secured on the top of the vase. [October 2003]
Ikebana Expression of Space
Yuichiro Iinuma, of Hanano Iinuma Florist Shop in Gibu, Japan, has designed a table arrangement which connects with a hanging ceiling arrangement, using Japanese Ikebana principles. He has carefully selected the flowers, containers and materials, making use of the natural line of the individual flower. [September 2003]
Harmonious Combinations with OASIS® Rainbow Foam
Pascal Phaner, prestigious French Florist from Lyon, has designed a striking table arrangement using Charcoal Gray and Yellow OASIS® Rainbow Foam wedges and Sunflowers, creating visual impact as well as a harmonious combination. [August 2003]
A Rainbow of Colors and Candles
Jung Sook, Kang, from Kang Flower Shop, in Seoul, Korea, has designed a truly unique centerpiece arrangement, using a glass dish, Lime and Ivory OASIS® Rainbow™ Foam bricks, Yellow Rainbow Foam Powder, and contrasting flowers edged around two candles in the center. [April 2003]
Permanent Décor with Room for Change
Alan Randell-Smith, from Victoria, Australia, has designed a permanent arrangement with artificial materials, leaving a place for fresh accents to be changed out as desired, using OASIS® foam bricks for fresh and silk flowers and foliage. [March 2003]
Hearts Algow!
Mario Fernandez, of Belle Fluer, in Coral Gables, FL, has designed a floral heart tribute using the OASIS® 18" Maché-Base Solid Heart, Stargazer Lillies, Delphinium, Pink Spray Roses, Eucalyptus, and much more. [January 2003]
Tropical Blooms Create Excitement
Kevin Teo, Smithers-Oasis Malaysia designer, has arranged a stylish, yet simple-to-make floral tribute with tropical blooms and bullion wire, using the OASIS® Easy Fix Holder. [November 2002]
Speaking of Horses and Flowers...A Winning Combination
Dot Humphreys, AIFD, FDA, from Australia, has created a design with yellow roses, which are the feature flower for the Melbourne Cup, run on the first Tuesday in November. Using an OASIS® Dekorette Brick in a flat oblong black dish and accented with quartz stones -- Green Peppercorns, Bamboo, Dodda Vine and other foliage and flowers complete this design, creating a cosmopolitan feel to match the day itself. [October 2002]
Wire Bouquet Frame and Swirled Bark Bouquet
Tomas De Bruyne, from Wenduine, Belgium, has created an intriguing wire-frame bouquet, using natural elements such as slices of bark, swirled in a circular pattern. [July 2002]
Vivid Colors and Pizzazz in This Classic PRIMAVERA® Floral Foam Vase
OASIS® Ambassador, Armando Herrera Ayala, from Mexico, has brought some “pizzazz” to a Classic PRIMAVERA® floral foam vase with complementary gold, black and cranberry spray paint colors, which was then brought to life with vivid orange Gerberas, white Iris, beige Roses, Ti leaves, Ming Fern, and much more - for a special-occasion floral design that will WOW your guests! [March 2002]
Modern Structured Hand Tied
Sue Monaghan, NDSF, from That "Bloomin" Flower Shop in Liverpool, England, has created a front-facing hand tied design in an OASIS® Hand-Tied Frame (limited distribution area), which is set into a glass vase for a lovely tribute. [Februrary 2001]
Tribute Arrangement with Natural Beauty
Jean-François Morlay, of Une Fleur en Plus, France, has designed a beautiful tribute with an EYCHENNE® STAR cross form, using delicate flowers and foliage, as well as the natural look of driftwood to accent the horizontal and vertical lines. [October 2001]
Native Australian Flowers Welcome Mum and Newborn
John Jones of John Jones Florist in Brisbane, Queensland, has created a lovely arrangement for Mum to enjoy when she arrives home with her precious bundle. Using native Australian flowers and foliage, John's arrangement includes Pink Kangaroo Paw, Banksia Occidentalis and Eucalyptus Tetragona in an OASIS® Foam Base Plate, 20cm. [July 2001]
18" Maché-Backed Wreath
Armando Ayala of Diseño Floral, in Mexico City, has designed a beautiful garden of color, using an OASIS® Maché-Backed Wreath, flowers, foliage, a fishbowl filled with water, and two tapers, which complete this picture of a springtime garden [June 2001]
Cheerful Blossom
Table Centerpiece
Franz-Josef Benthaus, renowned floral designer from Dortmund, Germany, has created a beautiful table centerpiece with a variety of colorful summer flowers, beginning with an OASIS® floral foam brick in a flat terracotta plate.
Classic Vertical
Design
Katherine Mustard of The Cottage Florist in Ontario, Canada, designs a classic vertical piece in a rustic ceramic urn, using OASIS® Floral Foam brick.
Beautiful Tribute
Arrangement
Isabelle Minini of Fiorella, in Dijon, France, has designed a large horizontal tribute arrangement, using beautiful red roses, tulips and carnations, pink lilies, and Hosta leaves, in an Eychenne Raquette (or OASIS® Spray Bar)
Colorful Fruit
and Flowers in Crystal
Armando Ayala of Diseño Floral, in Mexico City, Mexico has created a colorful bouquet of fresh fruit in a mounted crystal vase, using a large OASIS® floral cage, curly willow, and brightly colored flowers and foliage for contrast.
A Celebration of
Life
Armando Ayala of Diseño Floral, in Mexico City, Mexico has designed a beautiful tribute to celebrate life by remembering those gone before, commemorating the annual Dead's Day holiday in Mexican tradition, using 4 large OASIS Floral Cages, and large numbers of white gladiolas, white alstroemeria's, orange marigolds, white pompom's, irises, and much more.
A Fountain of Xanthorroea
Daniel Ost of Floreal, in Sint Niklaas, Belgium has created a unique design resembling a flowing fountain, using Xanthorroea, springing from a slitted OASIS® Cone, covered with Aspidistra leaves.
‘Negative
Space’ Japanese-Style Design
Fumihiko Muramatsu of Shizuoka, Japan, has created beautiful lines of pines and bamboo branches to project the image of a dimensional bridge, using OASIS Florettes.
Summer Nights Table
Centerpiece
Tony Shaw of Welch of Long Eaton in Nottingham, England has designed a delightfully sweet-smelling table centerpiece, using a NaylorBase® Ring, with votive candles.
Exotic Floral Centerpiece
Alan Randell-Smith, AIFD, FDA, of Smith Florists in North Melbourne, Victoria, designs a large, exotic floral centerpiece in a broken terracotta urn, using native Australian flowers and foliage in OASIS® floral foam, surrounded by a 16" NaylorBase® wreath.
Harvest Buffet
Decoration
Jean-Raymond Gally, Master in Floral Art, Meilleur Ouvrier de France, has created a very natural, spectacular table decoration using seasonal vegetables, flowers and foliage, beginning with a wettable OASIS Cone.
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