Tage Andersen during the preparation for an exhibition – the urn is planted with Saxifraga arendsii – a flowering perennial plant.
Image courtesy of Tage Andersen, Enthusiasm, page 25.
Tage Andersen is a floral phenomenon whom we have admired for many years. Last week, in Manhattan, we happened to stumble upon a few of his earlier books at Dienst & Dotter.
Tage has a masterful way of bringing nature in with the floral expressions he creates. His attempts to break from the traditional floral combinations into twigs and branches served to shepherd us all to appreciate the casual expression of gardens. Tage’s older work may seem a bit structured, but his real gift is the extraordinary interplay between the beauty of the flower, and the connection it has to the earth and branches.
Blue hyacinth, iris and clusters of silver-plated hydrangea arranged in a base of iron.
Image courtesy of Tage Andersen, From Advent to Twelfth Night, page 62.
French garden iris in a basket woven from elderberry branches.
Image courtesy of Tage Andersen, Bouquets in a Fruitful Period, page 8.
A row of bouquets against a beautiful green backdrop.
Image courtesy of Tage Andersen “Bouquets in a fruitful period”, pages 24,25.
This bouquet is arranged in such a way that it has several ‘facades’ so that you keep seeing something new as you walk around it.
Image courtesy of Tage Andersen, Bouquets in a Fruitful Period, page 13