MARIA CLAUDIA

samambaia

“My dogs, Zorba and Pipa, were born at my cymbidium orchid grower’s farm. They have been surrounded by flowers since birth and are always very happy by my feet among the foliage, twigs and petals that drop on the floor (or on top of them) – and have never tried to eat a single stem! The most beautiful thing is that up to this day (and they are now 10 years old), when I get a shipment of cymbidium orchids from the same grower, they do stop to smell the box and for sure recognise the scent. The studio is most definitely their second home.”

movement “MY STYLE HAS ALWAYS BEEN BASED ON AND TRYING organic flow. FOR A NATURAL, YOU CAN’T FORCE A STEM TO GO IN ANOTHER DIRECTION THAN THE ONE IT HAS GROWN INTO” ~ MARIA CLAUDIA, SAMAMBAIA

“I STARTED EXPERIMENTING WITH drying native flowers AND FOLIAGE. IT HAS BEEN SUCH A BEAUTIFUL AND exciting DISCOVERY AND NOW I BUY looking forward THE BUNCHES FOR WHEN THEY DRY” ~ MARIA CLAUDIA, SAMAMBAIA

PEONY ROSES CYMBIDIUM ORCHIDS EUCALYPTUS LEAVES

Egg pots, from $68.50 each, papier-mâché bowl, from $16.50 each, secateurs (opposite), $49.50, all Samambaia. Seek similar table and stool from Seasonal Concepts. Stockists, page 219 Left: “These egg pots are divine and work so well with plants and...

THIS PAGE: Various vessels by Alana Wilson. Stockists, page 219 PHALAENOPSIS ORCHIDS