It's Springing!

It's raining outside, nourishing the soil and root systems which are preparing to burst forth any day now with green and blossoms. The inevitable celebration of earth's next go around!
This gift arrangement of Peonies, Helioborus, Lilac, Jasmine, Viburnum and Sweet Peas reminds it's admirer's of the delicate aromas and colors of Spring.

Tangle

Be there or be square!!!! To enter her world is to travel to another dimension :)

CHRISTINE SCIULLI: TANGLE
11 MARCH thru 10 APRIL 2011

PUBLIC RECEPTION 18 MARCH 2011, 6pm - 9pm

CAUSEY CONTEMPORARY
92 Wythe Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11211
718 218 8939
11-7 Wednesday - Friday,
12-6 Saturday -Sunday
9-5 Monday,
Closed Tuesday

Christine Sciulli's latest video Projection Installation TANGLE, part of her planeSPACE series, overruns Causey Contemporary, creating meandering pathways in which to immerse viewers in fractured planes of light. “It’s not every day that you see an artist like Christine Sciulli. Her work consists of intersections of the geometry and an intuitive sense of how to use everyday materials to give a sense of “spatialisation” - she plays with how we perceive the world around us in a way that leaves you with a kind of eerie sense of timelessness.” Paul Miller aka DJ Spooky from his essay “Christine Sciulli: An Artist of the Floating World, planeSPACE and Practical Geometry”

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A Protean Bouquet

This bouquet was shot for Bride's magazine earlier this year. I thought that the Queen Protea could be used as a posy holder and emptied it's central core of petals which were then individually wired and reintroduced with Ladies' Mantle, and wired delicate pink Begonia blossoms. A casual cross tie of green rafia with a single large pearl pin sweetly finishes it off for a bouquet that looks yummy enough to want to eat it!

Marigold Posy

Here's a small Marigold posy which was featured in this year's Fall /Winter Issue of Bride's Magazine. Each Marigold was hand wired and then assembled and tied with a burgundy gross grain ribbon.

Collagist: John Stezaker

John Stezaker

My favorite living collage artist is currently in a show at the Whitechapel Gallery in London.

Notes....

Margo Patisserie Cafe

Above: The creamiest, most decadent chocolate mousse from my favorite French Bakery in Williamsburg- Margot Patissserie Cafe.
Below: I found a box filled with dried dendrobiums. Not sure what to do with them but one idea is to use them on a lampshade I'm making. I love the way the viens can be seen through the light! Promise to post when it's finished.

Berry Branch

"Scattered Light"

Last night, after the Keno Brother's talk and presentation of their new line of furniture at ABC Carpets, I walked with my dear friend Doris to the Copper Chimney (my favorite Indian restaurant). We crossed through Madison Square Park and were tickled by Jim Campbell's light installation "Scattered Light". See the video to watch the pedestrians walking through his lights!

Pocket Full of Posies

This posy of Black Scabbiossas was created for a Bride's Magazine editorial feature. The ribbon was made of hand died frayed lavender organza cut on the bias.

Geometric Greens

The photo above was from a wedding we did in Dumbo last year. The guests were seated at these communal tables under a canopy of towering bamboo. Down the center of the table we placed glass cubes with low pillar candles illuminating the banana leaf wraps. In between these where a variety of submerged leaf-wrapped rectilinear arrangements of a single type of flower massed together as seen above. The result was a clean and modern approach with an Asian tilt which was photographed and featured in New York Magazine.