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ISSN 1835-131X
Issue Number 31
fresh
Products, news and ideas to help create inspirational floral arrangements
the CHOICE of PROFESSIONALS
contents fresh talk
Welcome to another issue of fresh. We hope that you had a happy festive season
Fresh Talk 2
and some respite before 2019 kicked into gear.
Read about the designs featured in
this issue. Once again our first issue for the year takes advantage of Mother’s Day
Upwards and Outwards 3 being just around the corner so we bring you a couple of designs. It’s also an
Stand an OASIS® Floral Foam Brick opportunity to showcase our latest products. OASIS® Bio Floral Foam is now
upright to enable horizontal placement available from several floral wholesalers as well as www.oasishobby.com.au
of flowers. which is our new online shop. Independent testing on this product by the
ASTM (American Society for Testing and Materials) in test ASTM D5511 found
Made for Mum 4&5
biodegrade of 51.5% within 365 days in biologically active landfill conditions.
Bind Coconut fibre with OASIS® Rustic
Grapevine Wire to create decorative garlands This is great news for anyone who is concerned about minimising landfill.
and sticks. Further information will be provided as new updates on test results are received.
Into the Night with Noir 6&7 OASIS® Bio Floral Foam also has excellent water retention and takes just
Test out the design potential of the latest 60 seconds to soak fully in water. Optimum texture and density holds stems in
OASIS® Floral Foam now available in black. position while the colour brown identifies the biodegradability of this foam.
Moments in Time: WA 8&9 The other product we feature is OASIS® Noir Ideal Floral Foam Maxlife which
See the award winning Designz® Cup is available from the same outlets including ourselves and comes in a stylish
arrangements from Mandurah. black colour. This means by inserting less flowers and foliage the foam can
National Designz® Cup Award 10 become a design feature – perfect for creating wedding pieces, funeral tributes
Meet the winner of the 2018 Designz® and everyday arrangements. It blends into the shadows between flowers
Cup. eradicating that compulsion to cover every millimetre of foam making it a
cost-saving option. Super-fast saturation, low drainage and superb grip will
Blast from the Past 11 hold your stems in place while extending their life at the same time.
Revisit some winning Designz® Cup designs
from the previous decade. This issue also features the Designz® Cup results and more of the 2018 theme
that encouraged entrants to explore Moments in Time. Judges saw everything
Wedding Warmth 12 & 13
Fold Aluminium Wire into a “Versace” pattern from Noah’s Ark to 9/11 with the overall winner’s design appearing on page 10.
then decorate two complementary bouquets. All participants received two compulsory pre-soaked OASIS® products prior to
the event along with a complimentary OASIS® Gift Pack. Many creative themes
Product Finder 14 & 15 have been explored by entrants since 2000 but with declining interest despite
Discover details about OASIS® products. great support from a couple of states it’s time for a break. We look forward to
updating our competition in the future.
Happy Reading!
Lynette Todd, Editor
© Smithers-Oasis Australia Pty Ltd 2019. All rights reserved.
Neither the whole, nor any part of the images or copy in this
literature, may be reproduced in any form without express
prior permission from Smithers-Oasis Australia Pty Ltd.
WA Designz® Cup entrants outside the Mandurah Performing Arts Centre after
their event in 2018.
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Ceramic
Cube Green & Cream
Upwards
and Outwards
Floralife® Increase design options with the
Finishing
Touch
vertical placement of an OASIS® brick.
The latest OASIS® Noir Ideal Floral Foam Maxlife
Brick has been used in this design to form a black
tower. This means extra linear height for the flowers
inserted into the top of the brick.
OASIS® Noir Ideal Floral It also encourages the horizontal placement of leaves,
Foam Maxlife Brick twigs and other flowers. Leave some out if you wish to
expose the black floral foam as a design feature.
FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE
Asiatic Lily Step 1. Soak OASIS® Noir Ideal Floral Foam Maxlife
Dahlia buds Brick and place vertically into the ceramic container.
Disbud Chrysanthemums
Hydrangeas Step 2. Insert three stems of Philodendron leaves on
Hypericum berries one side of the brick to form a wall. Place another
Philodendron leaves stem into the top of the foam to make a canopy.
Roses Step 3. Create a collage of focal flowers using
Twigs disbud Chrysanthemums, Asiatic Lily and a tuft of
SUNDRIES Hydrangea. Extend the line by adding buds of
Ceramic Cube Green & Cream Asiatic Lily, spray Roses and Hypericum berries.
Floralife® Finishing Touch Step 4. Add some height with another Asiatic
OASIS® Noir Ideal Floral Foam Maxlife Brick Lily, Dahlia buds and Hypericum berries
stripping stems to strengthen the visual
line. Counter balance the visual weight by
inserting a twig into the base of
the arrangement.
Spray the completed design with
FloraLife® Finishing Touch.
Photographer: Craig Peihopa
Designer: Richard Go
All products available at
www.oasishobby.com.au
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Made
Floralife®
Finishing
Touch
for Mum
Indulge a special lady with a design that oozes optimism.
The secret behind this design is the coconut fibre matting. It has been bound with
Rustic Grapevine Wire to create parallel lines along with a curving garland below.
OASIS® The placement of flowers and foliage gives softness and contrast to the underlying
Bio Floral Foam Brick
structure. Follow the instructions to achieve a similar result.
OASIS®
Floralife®
Quick Dip
Rustic Grapevine Wire
FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE
Asiatic Lily
Cordyline leaves
Dahlia – small & large heads
Grape Ivy leaves
Hawthorn leaves
Hypericum berries
Limonium
Liriope leaves
SUNDRIES Step 1. Cut an OASIS® Bio Floral Foam Brick to fit into a hessian bag container then
Coconut Fibre Mat soak. Bind coconut fibre mat with Rustic Grapevine Wire to create “coco garlands”.
Floralife® Finishing Touch* Repeat the process twice but this time incorporate two sticks of different lengths for
Hessian Container* stability.
OASIS® Bio Floral Foam Brick* Step 2. Insert both wired “coco sticks” into the floral foam then weave the “coco
OASIS® Floralife® Quick Dip* garland” underneath. Base the arrangement with Hawthorn and Grape Ivy leaves then
Rustic Grapevine Wire* place Cordyline leaves adjacent to the sticks.
Step 3. Dip stems of Asiatic Lilies into OASIS® Floralife® Quick Dip before inserting into
*These products available at
the arrangement along with stems of Dahlias. Accentuate with Hypericum berries.
www.oasishobby.com.au
Step 4. Capture negative space by looping Liriope leaves into the design before
spraying with FloraLife® Finishing Touch.
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Designer: Richard Go Photographer: Craig Peihopa 5
Glass vase:
Step 1. Pin dried Ivy leaves onto both OASIS® SEC Floral Foam Netted Spheres using
Diamante Pins. Wrap Metallic Wire over the spheres winding it around the pins to
anchor leaves.
Step 2. Wind the LED lights around the spheres just like the Metallic Wire and light them
up. Insert the 12cm lit sphere into the vase and then the 18cm one above it. Top the vase
with a soaked OASIS® Noir Ideal Floral Foam Maxlife Brick.
Step 3. Wedge a bundle of reeds next to the foam then add
Amaranthus to counter balance the reeds. Insert Queen
Anne’s Lace opposite the reeds then add clusters of short
stem Roses as focal flowers.
Table Arrangement:
Step 1. Place OASIS® Noir Ideal Floral Foam Maxlife Brick on
ceramic dish then place twigs at ends to capture negative space.
Insert stems of Queen Anne’s Lace and Liriope into the foam.
Step 2. Add clusters of small head Roses before
including open large head Roses as focal flowers
to tower above them. Insert Amaranthus and
sprigs of Fairy Statice to add textural contrast
against the Roses.
Spray completed design with FloraLife®
Finishing Touch.
Photographer: Craig Peihopa
Designer: Richard Go
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Into the
Nightwith Noir
Use black floral foam for extra contrast and accent.
All foliage and flowers will bounce brilliantly out of OASIS® Noir Ideal
Floral Foam. This variety of foam has been further enhanced with Maxlife
technology to sustain foliage for longer.
Try it out in larger designs where it can be exposed to great effect while
reducing the amount of foliage required.
FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE SUNDRIES
Amaranthus 12cm OASIS® SEC Floral Foam Netted Sphere
Dried Ivy leaves 18cm OASIS® SEC Floral Foam Netted Sphere
Dried Reeds Ceramic Dish
Dried Twigs Clear Vase
Fairy Statice Diamante Pins*
Hawthorn leaves FloraLife® Finishing Touch*
Liriope LED Battery Operated Lights
Queen Anne’s Lace Metallic Wire*
Reeds OASIS® Noir Ideal Floral Foam Maxlife Brick*
Roses: large & small heads Rectangular Dishes
Tall Glass Vase
*These products available at
www.oasishobby.com.au
Floralife®
Finishing
Touch Metallic Wire
OASIS® Noir Ideal Floral OASIS® SEC Floral
Foam Maxlife Brick Foam Netted Spheres
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Moments
Events
Calendar
AUSTRALIA
MARCH 27–31, 2019
MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL Left: Tara Rees
FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW decorated
Royal Exhibition Building and two hoops to
Carlton Gardens acknowledge
www.melbflowershow.com.au
the blending of
APRIL 19 - APRIL 22, 2019 cultures that
Easter
began here in
MAY 12, 2019 1788. Her design
Mother’s Day came second.
INTERNATIONAL One hoop was loaded with
APRIL 3-7, 2019 Australian natives including
SAN FRANCISO FLOWER & Banksias, Geraldton Wax and
GARDEN SHOW Golden Wattle. The other hoop
Historic Cow Palace was wrapped in Ivy and cradled
2600 Geneva Ave.
Roses and Solidago to represent
Daly City CA 94014
www.sfgardenshow.com the English culture that came with
Captain Cook. Since that date
APRIL, 2019
SINGAPORE GARDEN many more cultures have arrived on
FESTIVAL these shores.
18 Marina Gardens Drive,
She used the compulsory OASIS®
Singapore
www.singaporegardenfestival.com Ideal Floral Foam Bricks and
OASIS® Petite Florettes to keep her
MAY 21–29, 2019 foliage secure.
RHS CHELSEA FLOWER SHOW
Royal Hospital Chelsea,
London
www.rhs.org.uk
Far right: “I have always been inspired and interested in
the fashion and designs of the 1960s and 70s as well as
the bohemian lifestyle that Woodstock represented,” said
Kaylie Bickers.
Her third prize design included macrame and weaving to
capture the fashionable garments and décor of the era.
Chrysanthemum disbuds became the focal flowers and
were inserted into the compulsory OASIS® products along
with Snap Dragons, Chrysanthemum Daisies, Yellow Bells, Green Trick and
Chamomile flowers.
“My favourite thing about floristry is the opportunity to be creative in many
different aspects every day and I love being surrounded by nature!”
Right: Jordan
Richie was Highly
Commended when
she created this
tribute to Joan of
Arc.
Middle right:
The horror of the
holocaust was
portrayed by barbed
wire and a cage of
blood red flowers
in this design by
Man Nga Chung.
It was also Highly
Commended.
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in Time
DESIGNZ® CUP 2018
WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Many memorable moments made it to
Mandurah and inspired seventeen designs.
A dinosaur emerged from an egg to symbolise the
beginning of life while other arrangements focused
on characters like Joan of Arc and Princess Diana.
The Mandurah Performing Arts Centre was an
excellent venue for the Festival of Flowers where
the Designz® Cup was one of many attractions.
Kaye Baylis and Alan Randell-Smith awarded the
following results:
“I love to create art, I love flowers and
1st Prize Emmelee Newman-Martin I get to do this every day. Now I’m
South Metropolitan TAFE discovering and learning about
products and techniques I can
2nd Prize Tara May Rees
add to my creations which
South Metropolitan TAFE
makes floristry even more
3rd Prize Kaylie Bickers exciting to me,” said
South Metropolitan TAFE Emmelee.
Highly Commended Man Nga Chung
South Metropolitan TAFE
Highly Commended Jasmyn Hill
South Metropolitan TAFE
Highly Commended Melissa Maiorana
South Metropolitan TAFE
Highly Commended Jordan Ashlee Richie
South Metropolitan TAFE
“I am a reptile enthusiast and have bred lizards. Dinosaurs are reptiles so
my ideas evolved from there,” said Emmelee Newman-Martin.
“I chose the Cretaceous period as this is when flowers first
dominated. Bees also evolved at this time so flowers no longer had
to rely on beetles to pollinate them. I made a dinosaur hatching
from an egg to represent birth and new beginnings marking the
beginning of the era of flowers. Therefore I named my piece
First Bloom.”
Emmelee used the compulsory OASIS® Petite Florettes at
the back of her design while OASIS® Ideal Floral Foam
Bricks formed the circular shaped nest around her egg.
She filled the foam with Proteas, Anthuriums, Sea Holly,
Orchids, Ivy, Moss, Philodendron Xanadu, Monstera
leaves and roots along with Fish Bone, Silver Lady and
Leather Ferns.
The egg was constructed from paper mache and
tile grout before being painted then Emmelee used
Aluminium and Bullion wires to make her bees. She
spent three weeks manipulating OASIS® Bindwire
to form a shape that would be recognisable as a
cretaceous dinosaur. Aluminium wire became the
eyes, teeth and claws.
“My pet lizard inspired my dinosaur sculpture.
I wanted it to look as realistic as possible with
muscles and form so that's why I used Bindwire.
It's easy to manipulate. I chose to make it look like
a raptor which is a recognisable cretaceous dinosaur,”
explained Emmelee. 9
DESIGNZ® CUP 2018
Moments in Time
National Winner
We bring you Emmelee Newman-Martin once again.
She’s jumped from the middle pages into the Designz® Cup
National Award having attained the highest marks across
participating states in 2018.
The previous year’s national winner was also from South Metropolitan TAFE in Western
Australia so this floristry provider continues to turn out talented students. So do the
colleges in the four other participating states that have all won the national award at
least once but it may not happen again.
The event will not be held this year as we explore other exciting formats for budding
florists across the country and we hope to continue to bring you their designs. Over
the eighteen years of the Designz® Cup there have been many wonderful creations
inspired by a variety of themes. Everything from fairy tales to dance to movies and
even architecture.
On this page we feature Buddha. He is Emmelee’s
pet Western Bearded Dragon that is now
famous for being the model for the
dinosaur emerging from an egg on
page 9. Refer to that page for extra
information on how she constructed
her masterpiece. Meanwhile
Emmelee continues to study at South
Metropolitan TAFE to complete
her traineeship in Certificate III
Floristry.
She is also employed
at Balshaw’s Florist
in Bicton, WA which
she really enjoys. “I am
grateful every day for this
opportunity and thankful for
all the support from the people
involved in teaching me to
become the best florist I can be,”
said Emmelee.
All entrants are greatly thanked for
participating in our competition as are
their tutors for encouraging them.
Alan Randall-Smith has been
assisted by many judges over
the years and all of them have
been essential to the success
of the Designz® Cup. Many
winners have progressed to
greater glory both nationally
and internationally.
That requires a special
thankyou to all the judges
and especially Alan for his
ongoing loyalty.
102016: 1st VIC and National Award: Kathleen Horton
Theme: Tribute to a Painter
1st NSW 2013: Fiona Tamin
Theme: Tribute to a Fallen Star
2015 1st QLD and National Award:
Sarah Lawrence Theme: Beauty Down
P
Z® CU
Under: Architecture or Landscape
N
DESIG
l a s t
Bfrom the
P a s t 2010 1st NSW and National Award:
Michael Cordeiro Theme: Wedding
Wizardry In a Country of your Choice
2012 1st WA and National
Award: Lauren Black
2011 1st SA and National Theme: The Magic of Movies
Award: Michelle Arland
Theme: Painting with Passion
2014 1st WA and National Award:
Bettina Van Dijk
Theme: Bring a Book to Life
11Photographer: Craig Peihopa
Designer: Richard Go
*These products available at
www.oasishobby.com.au
FLOWERS AND FOLIAGE Step 1. Mould Aluminium Wire to create a “Versace” pattern (square-edge
Eucalyptus leaves folding) in lime-green and pink. Glue Hypericum berries to the ends of the
Hydrangea lime-green wire.
Limonium
Step 2. Insert stems of cascading Eucalyptus foliage around the OASIS®
Roses
Grande Bent Handle bouquet holder. Add tufts of Hydrangea, Scabiosa and
Scabiosa
open Roses.
SUNDRIES
Step 3. Complement with sprigs of Limonium and add wire to both
Aluminium Wire*
bouquets. Gather a handful of stems and bind with OASIS® Mossing Twine.
Floralife® Finishing Touch*
OASIS® Bouquet Wrap* Step 4. Wrap an OASIS® Bouquet Wrap around the bouquet holders of both
OASIS® Floral Adhesive* designs to hide the stems and to replicate a hand tied bouquet.
OASIS® Grande Bent Handle
Spray both bouquets with FloraLife® Finishing Touch to keep them fresh.
OASIS® Mossing Twine*
12Wedding
Warmth
Photographer: Craig Peihopa
Designer: Richard Go
Explosive colours like orange bring light and radiance
to an autumn or winter bouquet.
These complementary bouquets feature Roses emerging from a soft bed of Hydrangea,
Scabiosa and Eucalyptus leaves. OASIS® Aluminium Wire has been folded and added to both
bouquets for decoration.
Trailing lime-green has been used for the larger bridal bouquet and pink for the bridesmaid’s.
Floralife®
Finishing OASIS® OASIS® Grande Bent OASIS®
Aluminium Wire Touch OASIS® Bouquet Wrap Floral Adhesive Handle Mossing Twine
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