One hundred and one petals for a rose.
Klincksieck| N° d'inventaire | 30464 |
| Format | 12 x 18 |
| Détails | 308 p., paperback. |
| Publication | Paris, 2023 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9782252047316 |
Collection "De Natura Rerum".
Séverina Lartigue has been a floral designer for over twenty-five years. She creates silk flowers with shell- or heart-shaped petals, like fairytale jewels.
Imported from Italy where it has been practiced since time immemorial, this beautiful profession has been recorded in France since the middle of the 18th century . Séverina Lartigue, who was initially a model maker, mosaic artist, nurseryman and landscaper, is one of the very few artisans to be the custodian, like a magician, of ageless, unusual and unique know-how.
In this book, irrigated by the exhilarating lyricism of this creator and by her passion for botany, her love for her daughters and a number of encounters as affectionate as they are fruitful, she retraces her exemplary career while evoking the travels that inspired her, from the Ivory Coast to Japan via Greece.
With delicacy and eloquence, Séverina Lartigue shares with us the inner workings of a profession where her multiple talents have combined in singular harmony, for the benefit of a serene idea of beauty as an antidote to the vicissitudes of an extravagant world that is rushing to its ruin. In the great tradition of the poet and designer William Morris, this extraordinary and endearing woman has succeeded in raising craftsmanship to the rank of a major art.
Collection "De Natura Rerum".
Séverina Lartigue has been a floral designer for over twenty-five years. She creates silk flowers with shell- or heart-shaped petals, like fairytale jewels.
Imported from Italy where it has been practiced since time immemorial, this beautiful profession has been recorded in France since the middle of the 18th century . Séverina Lartigue, who was initially a model maker, mosaic artist, nurseryman and landscaper, is one of the very few artisans to be the custodian, like a magician, of ageless, unusual and unique know-how.
In this book, irrigated by the exhilarating lyricism of this creator and by her passion for botany, her love for her daughters and a number of encounters as affectionate as they are fruitful, she retraces her exemplary career while evoking the travels that inspired her, from the Ivory Coast to Japan via Greece.
With delicacy and eloquence, Séverina Lartigue shares with us the inner workings of a profession where her multiple talents have combined in singular harmony, for the benefit of a serene idea of beauty as an antidote to the vicissitudes of an extravagant world that is rushing to its ruin. In the great tradition of the poet and designer William Morris, this extraordinary and endearing woman has succeeded in raising craftsmanship to the rank of a major art.