Color Me Floral: Stunning Monochromatic Arrangements for Every Season

by Kiana Underwood, Nathan Underwood (Photographer)

Overview

Create dazzling, contemporary bouquets all year long with this gorgeous book of floral designs.

Learn the secrets to designing show-stopping monochromatic floral arrangements. In this stunning book, renowned floral designer Kiana Underwood shares her techniques for creating beautiful single-color displays using inspired ingredients, dramatic textures, and vibrant colors. The ultimate resource, Color Me Floral has an extraordinary arrangement to enhance every occasion.

Organized by season, the book includes instructions for 40 arrangements, including a lush green display for spring, an astonishing black bouquet for summer, a striking magenta design for fall, and an unexpected, oh-so-pretty pink arrangement for winter. With hundreds of eye-catching images and easy-to-follow tips throughout, such as suggestions for substituting flowers and options for both the beginner and advanced designer, this flower arranging book is as useful as it is attractive.

EXPERT AUTHOR: Kiana Underwood is the owner of Tulipina, an internationally renowned floral design studio that specializes in creating bespoke experiences for high-end weddings and events. Underwood's unique color combinations and floral varieties have appeared in publications such as Brides, Country Living, Elle Decor, Flower magazine, The New York Times, and Town & Country.

GORGEOUS GIFT: This flower color guide makes an exceptional gift for anyone with interest in floral décor and arrangement. A great coffee table book, Color Me Floral is filled with page after page of beautiful images to browse and enjoy.
 
FOR ALL SKILL LEVELS: With thousands of striking photographs showing step-by-step arrangement instructions, it's ideal for beginners and experts.

Perfect for:

• Established and aspiring florists of all ages, from kids designing their first arrangement to adults leveling up their floristry skills
• Gift givers looking for a unique gift for someone who loves plants and flowers
• Anyone who appreciates botanical imagery or stunning floral photography

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452161174
Publisher:	Chronicle Books
Publication date:	03/06/2018
Pages:	240
Sales rank:	1,020,500
Product dimensions:	9.50(w) x 10.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Kiana Underwood is the owner of Tulipina, an internationally renowned floral design studio that specializes in creating bespoke experiences for high-end weddings and events. Underwood's use of unique color combinations and floral varieties draws admirers and floral designers from all over the world to her sold-out workshops, and her signature designs have appeared in publications such as Brides, Country Living, Elle Decor, Flower magazine, the New York Times, and Town & Country. She splits her time between Burlingame, California and Stone Ridge, New York, with her husband, Nathan, and their three children.

Nathan Underwood is a technology executive and photography enthusiast. He specializes in floral, street, and travel photography and enjoys working with classic cameras and film.

Editorial Reviews

02/19/2018
Underwood, who owns a floral design studio in San Francisco, schools readers on the particulars of color, shape, texture, and cut of floral arrangements in this gorgeous and effective guide. Her theme is creating arrangements by color and building her horticultural combinations from that point, using flowers, shrubs, twigs and leaves, and, in one case, bunches of grapes. The book is organized by the four seasons, which are then separated into color schemes. The color options themselves are surprising. In addition to the standard pink, yellow, red, and white, Underwood includes arrangements in peach, magenta, and black. She builds each arrangement in steps and includes photos—taken by her husband—at each stage. Using a pin frog (and eschewing floral foam), she indicates which specimen is inserted at what point, considering height, breadth, and mass. “Not a single flower goes unnoticed by my eye,” Underwood writes, and her book trains readers’ eyes to do the same. Color photos. (Mar.)

Publishers Weekly