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Mark's Remarks - Puttin' on the Ritz with Design Master and Tayama!
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 White gloves...top hat and cane...Fred & Ginger. All perfect definitions for "puttin' on the Ritz." One name stands above the rest when in comes to color tools: Design Master, the true Ritz!
When I was talking to Mike Kimura, the president of Tayama, about this quarter's update topic, we wanted to incorporate potted plants into design - but "dress them up." In tossing ideas around, I remembered a conversation I had with Gretch en Sell from Design Master. Gretchen and I spoke about the possibility of featuring Design Master ColorTEX in my column, and I became overwhelmed by the versatility of Design Master Color tools. The possibilities are limitless! In combining Tayama's and Design Master's products, I've come up with some ideas you can use to dress up those unforgiving plastic pots.
Notice the backdrops in the photos - I even used Design Master ColorTEX there! No more sponge painting my backdrops for photographing. Just break out a can of Design Master and away you go. I'm serious, folks - the possibilities are LIMITLESS!
Here are some designs featuring Tayama potted plants and Design Master products.
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In this first design, we start with a beautiful ceramic swan container. I used two potted phalaenopsis orchids and just placed them in the container. Next I filled the swan with wood chips, and to top it off, I place some forsythia freshly cut from my garden. Using binding points and bundles, the forsythia creates a graceful shelter of delicate yellow blooms.
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Autumn Leaves is the ColorTEX that complements this basket design. To start off, I gingerly sprayed the basket with Autumn Leaves ColorTEX so the basket's true color would show through. I next placed a liner in the basket with some wet foam, and coupled this pretty arrangement with a beautiful buttercream phalaenopsis. To direct the eye through the design, I also sprayed twigs with the Autumn Leaves ColorTEX.
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Love those potted cattleyas - but not the big bulky containers they come in? Here's a really simple trick to dress up those boring containers and give them a natural feel, using moss and binding wire. First, I sprayed the container with Design Master Tack 2000. I then pressed the moss onto the container and used binding wire for added security. Gone is the hard plastic, easily replaced with a more natural look.
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I can hear you asking yourself, "Hhhhmmm: how can I incorporate a potted plant into Sympathy work?" And I say, "Well, how about a raquette covered in moss?" And you say, "But Mark, my moss is brown. Whatever do I do?" To which I reply, "Why not break out a can of Mossy ColorTEX from Design Master?" OK, enough of our silly imaginary conversation. Here's how I did it: first, before soaking the raquette, I sprayed the moss (green or brown) with the Mossy ColorTEX and allowed it to dry. Next I placed the potted orchid plants on top of the raquette and secured them. Then, I created my design, and to top it off, I covered the raquette in the mossy colored moss.
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