Assignments Interflora World Cup - Gil Boyard, France

At the second day the designers have to make two assignments. The first is a table arrangement, named 'Green Tea for Two'. On a round table they have to create their masterpiece in two hours time, taking into account that the maximum height is two meters. The second preliminary event is a bridal bouquet with no size restrictions, but obviously the 'Oriental Pearl Bride' must still be able to carry the designers creation.

Green Tea for Two

Please give us your vision on the theme "Green Tea for Two" in your table setting.

I got the idea of my table when I travelled to Reunion Island, climbing the volcano I was thrilled by a landscape of bushes with white/grey roots and shiny green.

Who would you like to invite for a cup of tea at your table setting? And why?

I would be pleased to have Muriel le Couls at my table, she is a very gifted florist. She wrote the book 'Structures' with me and she offered me precious help for my preperation and she can't come to Shanghai!

Base for Gil Boyard's Green Tea for Two

I chose to work with 2 colours for this item. Grey and green which I enhanced with various materials, tonalities and fillings.

Green Tea for Two

This item is a tree for life. I think of it as an imaginary tree, peaceful and quite.

Oriental Pearl

Explain how you incorporated the theme Oriental Pearl into you bridal bouquet?

For me, pearl is precious, natural, simple and considerably uncomplicated. I chose to work this bouquet in the shining colours that pearls can reflect. The bouquet is a nest where its uniqueness is clearly displayed.

Which techniques did you use? And why?

I found a new technique from one of my assistants named Clement in order to make the structure translucent and precious. We started off with very simple materials.

Gil: "My choice of materials was driven mostly by the size of the flowers. This is a jewelry bouquet, hence I chose light, milky and sparkly colours."