Living Color [Hardcover]

Paula Pryke (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 5, 2002

Living Color taps into the current trend for using flowers not only for special occasions, but also as a key visual element in home decoration. An explosion of intense color mixes are accompanied by unique flower arranging recipes that include quantities as well as exact floral ingredients and methods needed to recreate the innovative floral bouquets for which Paula Pryke is internationally famous.

Using teaching methods honed from the author's highly successful flower school, Living Color demonstrates, step-by-step, how to create the kind of professional flower arrangements to accessorize and transform your living space, infusing it with color and style. Beginners and amateurs alike can easily achieve the same polished creations that have made Paula Pryke Britain's leading floral artist in constant demand internationally by royalty, celebrities, presidents and heads of state.

Following in the footsteps of her other successful flower arranging books (Festive Flowers, Flair with Flowers, Flowers, Flowers! & Simple Flowers), Living Color is the new addition to her definitive and expanding library of books to teach the creation of exceptional environments.

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About the Author

Paula Pryke is a highly successful, internationally known florist who is much in demand. She is known for her brilliantly colorful, off-beat combinations of flowers and foliage that infuse living spaces with color and style. Her school for flower arranging has been a great success and contributed to her continued popularity.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Rizzoli (January 5, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0847824438
• ISBN-13: 978-0847824434
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 0.9 x 11.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.5 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,004,802 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Source of inspiration, July 10, 2003

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Lia (Singapore) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Living Color (Hardcover)

This book has numerous samples of flower arrangement. The photographs are very brilliant and come in full page. I learn a lot from the photographs. The flower arrangement are very nice, some of them come in a very daring color combination that you never think before. Paula Pryke has showed me that flower arrangement can be transformed from craft to art. I got a lot of inspiration about color combination, texture and composition from this book. The design principles that Pryke used on her flower arrangement can be applied in other field also. This book can be a source of inspiration for other designer (for interior designer, graphic designer, and illustrator).

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Always inspiring, October 18, 2008

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NLC "Cal Girl" (SF, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Living Color (Hardcover)

As a professional floral designer, PP's books are always so inspiring with lots of innovative ideas. This one is as good as any of her others. A must for those who love floral design.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Ideas for Flower Arranging, April 8, 2011

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John K. Larsen "kenl3" (Sussex County, NJ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Living Color (Hardcover)

Every book that Paula Pryke publishes is full of delicious flower arrangements. She just has a natural nack for innovative arrangements. And the books are fun to read, tam bien. If you want ideas on how to make beautiful arrangements, her books can't be beat.