Flowers as an element of decor: designers about their work

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It happens that artificial flowers seem more perfect and amaze more living. We present to you two masters for the production of real "fake" works of art.

Lindy Durt

Wandering around the edge of the abyss
"A little botany, a little voodoo, a little bit of anatomy and just a bit of superstition ..." - Lindy describes the potion, thanks to which her creations are born. And this makes her related to such artists as director Tim Barton ("Alice in Wonderland"). What unites them? The ability to clothe everyday objects with a personal "human" aura and give them a gloomy mystical character. So there is a collection of nepentes (pitchers) of bright colors with the labels "dead head" (skull and crossbones).
The flowers of a 30-year-old Frenchwoman, textile designer and photographer, are made of silk paper and fabric, but each of them has its own character and seems to have its own "life story behind it." One of her famous clients - Kenzo - she created the famous perfumed paper ring.
"I tell stories, but without words - with the help of paper, organza, tulle and cotton wool."
AUBERVILLIERS
LINDIEDOURTHE.MONSITE-ORANGE.FR

Bruno Lejiron
Naturalist and perfectionist
"When traditionalism successfully coincides with a passion for passion."
It reminds a familiar movie. You climb the dark stairs of the old Parisian building, pass the concierge, up the creaking stairs, and suddenly you find yourself in a completely fantastic world. The universe of Bruno Lejiron seems to have remained so in the 19th century.
Along the walls to the ceiling - cabinets with many drawers filled with flowers of various shades. In the exhibition hall on tables and shelves are thousands of incredible flowers. The 54-year-old artist calls the exact figure: "8150 models, of which 1350 are different varieties of roses. But of course, we are ready to make any flower according to your desire."
In his workshop, he pulls a cloth onto a wooden frame and immerses it in a tray of paint, gelatin and starch. When the fabric dries, individual petals are stamped from it, painted according to a special recipe (a secret behind seven seals), and then each individual petal is pressed in the desired shape.
After that, flowers - fantastically perfect - are gathered from individual petals, leaves and stems.
The details of the process were developed back in 1880 - this is the year of the founding of a small family business. Since then, in the process of creating colors, only some of the smallest details have changed.
Bruno Legeron is one of the last masters of silk flower making for fashion houses such as Dior, Sonia Rykiel, Christian Lacroix. But in fact, anyone can buy a flower from him for about 40 euros.
PARIS
LEGERON.COM
Photo: Lindy Durt (4), Ingrid Meade (2), Agentur Anzenberger (1); Editor: Ulinka Wagner.
Material prepared by Elena Karpova

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