Once again, members of our club rose to the challenges laid out in the schedules designed by our intrepid chairs. A particular treat was Brenda Bingham's invitational tapestry design which, she assures us, our advanced designers will be making in a few months. This form of creative design is new to nearly all of us, and she gave us a short explanation of the NGC design principles while referring to her creation. The NGC Handbook describes this type of design as "a creative solid-mass design with a geometric closed silhouette/s.
Volume of plant material dominates with other components optional.
May have some transparent/ translucent/ diaphanous components.
Imaginative design techniques and applications must be used such as pillowing, pavé, color blocking, weaving, etc.
Inner space is achieved by juxtaposing colors, textures and forms."
And now to the results.
Flower Design
Novice - An American Traditional Vertical Line Design
2nd - Kathy Bachmann
Intermediate - An American Traditional Crescent Line Design
1st - Karen Fricke
2nd - Olga Bequillard
3rd - Susan Brady
Advanced - A Parallel Design
1st - Michele Tomasik
2nd - Cheryl Slutzky
3rd - Barbara Baletti
HM - Floss O’Sullivan, Susan Straten, Carol Callahan
Advanced Plus - Petite Duo Design (each side judged separately)
Fran Ackerly- 1st for one side; 3rd for the other
Cynthia Corhan-Aitken - 2nd for both sides
Botanical Arts
A Napkin Ring for the Holidays
1st - Karen Fricke
2nd - Susan Straten
3rd - Cheryl Slutzky
An Exploration Design - Freedom of Style
1st - Karen Fricke
2nd - Tova Narrett
3rd - Barbara Baletti
HM - Marilyn Zaret
Horticulure
This month there were 38 entries from 8 participants.
1st - Denise Silverman with 49 points
2nd - Celia Radek with 23 points
3rd - Sara Olsen with 19 points.
And here are some more gorgeous entries, in no particular order.
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