00:00I'm a creative person. I think that I am incredibly empathetic, almost to a default sometimes.
00:07I can really feel what everybody's feeling at all times.
00:11I try to be very generous and kind with people, you know, when I can.
00:17But most of all, I think that I live my entire life through creativity.
00:22And I live my entire life through the eyes of somebody that appreciates art and color and my surroundings.
00:30Where does your inspiration come from?
00:33Everywhere. My inspiration comes from travel, probably most.
00:39I think whenever I need a little burst of inspiration, I'll get on a plane and I'll go somewhere.
00:44Sometimes just by myself, just to get away, just to absorb everything around me.
00:50But honestly, inspiration comes from everywhere, whether it's a shadow or a reflection or a building or a bag or, you know,
00:59just everywhere, everywhere I see it.
01:01But I see it in color.
01:02I see everything in color.
01:04So I just see it blocked out in color.
01:06Like, that's like how I live my entire life.
01:09At what point did you decide that the world, the amazing world of flowers was going to be your future?
01:17Yeah, well, it was about, I mean, I started this as a hobby when I just needed, you know, a space to use my hands.
01:26I felt like I wasn't using my hands.
01:28I was very closed off.
01:29I was at a desk job, you know.
01:31And I think it could have been any medium, but I think that at the time, the most approachable medium for me was flowers.
01:39And I took flowers into my life and I started to just play.
01:43It was my hobby.
01:44It was my medium, you know, like painting.
01:46And it just started to turn into something.
01:49I used flowers, I think, in a different way at that time period of my life.
01:53And people took notice that it was something a little different and it just kind of snowballed.
01:59It changed, you know.
02:00It turned into this thing that I created.
02:03Your work is very personal.
02:05It has a lot of personality.
02:07And we can also see across all your work the sensitivity.
02:16Where does that come from?
02:19Well, I'm just a very sensitive person as it is.
02:22Everything makes me cry.
02:23Um, or laugh, or, you know.
02:25I'm not a very serious person, but I'm a very sensitive person.
02:29Uh, and I think I see the whole world like that.
02:31I think, you know, like I said, I'm incredibly empathetic to a fault sometimes.
02:36Um, but that's kind of how I live my life.
02:38I feel like I can feel every emotion around me, every, even an animal.
02:43It doesn't matter.
02:44You know, I live my life through a sensitive lens.
02:47If you have to choose between all your works, which one is your, the most special one?
02:59The most special?
03:01Oh my God.
03:02Yeah.
03:03I mean, Flora Festival was really wonderful because we were in this, you know, this ancient space.
03:10And I was working with a beautiful team.
03:11So my memories of that job are very, very, you know, strong in my mind.
03:17Uh, I mean, there have been other projects.
03:19I think I've done so much, you know, over the years that it's hard to choose just one.
03:24That's definitely one that I will never, ever forget.
03:27And I will always hold dear to me.
03:29You worked for some amazing clients like Gwyneth Paltrow.
03:34What has it been for your career to work with those types of providers?
03:40Um, what's funny is after I did Gwyneth's wedding, I actually started losing work.
03:47And I think it's because people thought that I was unapproachable and they were like,
03:50Oh, I can't work with him.
03:51He's done Gwyneth, you know?
03:52Um, so it took a while for me to like build that up again to show people that,
03:57No, no, I can still do your wedding too.
03:59Just because I did Gwyneth's like, that doesn't matter.
04:01Um, but you know, it's obviously good.
04:03It's good for my portfolio.
04:04It's good for me to say.
04:06It's been amazing for me.
04:07I'm very fortunate that I've had those opportunities.
04:10Um, but you know, at the end of the day, like I treat all my clients exactly the same,
04:14no matter how much money you have, no matter how much fame you have.
04:17So, I mean, other people see it differently, but I don't.
04:20Uh, I think my perfect arrangement would be, uh, instead of branches or whatnot, I really
04:35love grass.
04:35As you can see, I'm literally surrounded by grass.
04:37Um, I use a lot of grass because I just love the texture of it and it feels like lace,
04:42like nature's lace, you know?
04:43You can see through it.
04:44It has this opacity that I really love.
04:46Uh, grass and anything that has movement.
04:51So a flower that has movement that looks like it's almost dancing out of a bowl of grass.
04:57That's kind of like my perfect bouquet.
04:59So, you know, poppies or, uh, foxgloves or anything that has a lot of gesture and movement
05:04to it, um, I think those two elements make something perfect.
05:10Um, in terms of projects, where would you like to, to see your creations or project that
05:18would you, would be like a dream?
05:21Oh my God.
05:22Uh, anything at the Met Museum in New York would be a dream.
05:27Um, somebody asked me the other day, what's your favorite building in the world?
05:32And my building, my favorite building in the world is the Pantheon in Rome.
05:35And just the idea of making something and install something in the Pantheon and watching the
05:41light through the Oculus just shift over the arrangement throughout the day is like my dream.
05:46That's like my fantasy for creation, for creating.
05:49And some, some personalities, some, uh, people that, uh, you want, is your dream also to work
05:59with them?
06:00Um, oh God.
06:04Dries, Dries Van Noten.
06:05Dries Van Noten.
06:06Dries Van Noten is like, uh, such a fantasy client of mine.
06:11Um, if I could work with Dries, I think, you know, Dries, it's my, one of my favorite designers,
06:17but just the way he uses color, I think is fantastic.
06:20So to work with Dries would be amazing.
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