I really like this sentence: “life is art and art is life...” floristry convention and balance upon myself. I trust my Decorations and colours are an integral part of my instinct. experience. My mother says that I was born to do this... I was lured away from my own flower shop by Jérôme She wrote on my health record that I had a taste for Naulet who asked me to come and work for him. decorating, starting when I was 10 months old and that it I resisted for 2 years but eventually, after a certain amount would have been interesting to know why. of reflexion, I accepted the offer. After having sat my secondary school exams with a 2015 was to become a year of new adventures for both of scientific orientation, I realised that all of my centres of us. I assisted Jérôme during the French Cup and with the interest had one focal point and that was decorating. setting up of his new shop. It was for this reason that I decided to study at a school of I myself, gave competitions a shot and took part in the decoration in Bordeaux, France for two years. Architecture, 2017 French Cup in Mulhouse and the 2019 Oasis Cup in window displays, drawing, advertising, photography and Tours, France. These two contests pushed me out of my sign painting classes were also on the curriculum. comfort zone and proved to me that decorating had the I started my career as a decorator and spent 8 years working upper hand as opposed to floristry convention within my for a large group. The work was interesting but I did not floristry style... wish to be transferred somewhere, so one day, overnight I I had always wished to start painting on canvas, so I started decided to become a florist without any training. doing so and incorporating dried flowers in my work. I use I opened my shop called “le jardin d’Antibes” in Tarbes, fabric for other work. after watching videos, reading plant books, spending 2 afternoons at a florist’s to watch her do mourning Gleaning, recycling, mixing different materials are the two arrangements. It was necessary to complement my ideas behind these designs. Learning, discovering and “MacGyver” approach, so I regularly did courses to discover experimenting will always remain the basis for my projects the necessary know-how, and techniques with different and motivational sources... trainers. I would like say thank you to them without naming them but they will know who they are, if they read this article. Anyway, thanks to their training, I acquired the necessary experience and pertinent techniques that I have Christine Aranda adapted to my floral style, in line with my inspiration. 16, rue du IV Septembre A friend once asked me, if I were able to simply look at something without transforming it, to just look at it. 66670 Bages I think that my imagination is systematically awakened by Christine.aranda.566@gmail.com colours, shapes and materials. These are three words that I Facebook : Christine Aranda always keep in mind. I just let things flow without imposing n°77 | LA REVUE nacre| 29