
Photographer Maria Robledo emailed us a couple of images of her impromptu flower arrangements, with these words:
I love making these freehand arrangments.
I dont start with that intention, i start with looking at the leaf or flower as a photo then i bunch ’em together w/o thinking.
it’s a surprise to me too because they just come out to look so pleasing.
We admire how fluid her process is: she doesn’t start with an idea in mind. A leaf or a flower grabs her and then she’s off “bunching them together” to discover how they will arrange themselves…
…like the blossoms that ended up – unexpectedly, charmingly – inside the jar/vase…

It’s what weaver Annie Albers called “dictation of the materials”…

Thanks Maria!
Related posts: copy this: vines and leafy vegetables as flowers
little makeshift vases
improv flower arrangement: pond in a vase
flowers akimbo (un-arranged)
vase-less flower arrangement (right on the table)
One of my favorite quotes.
Thanks for the always-inspiring ideas.
Drew