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BANDEAU D’AMOUR
BANDEAU D’AMOUR
Bandeau
d’Amour
BY AMY SWANN
Inspired by the countryside,
wild flowers and all things
vintage, Amy Swann is the
master of seriously stunning
floral wedding cakes.
Amy is expanding her
pretty empire, to create
bespoke handmade flowers
for beautiful, headpieces,
designed for weddings and
special events.
www.dottyvintageweddings.co.uk
The idea for my new range of
floral headpieces and garlands
evolved very organically out of my
love for sculpting flowers for my cakes.
I wanted to experiment with another
medium that would result in the same
effect but would be everlasting as a way
of expanding the business.
I use my cake designs and flowers that
inspire me as a starting point. Very much
like my cakes, I follow a theme or a mood
to develop an idea through sourcing
images and sketching ideas. I love the
challenge of sculpting beautiful flowers
by looking at interesting textures and
playing with the concept of creating
blooms that would not usually last once
picked, or flowers that may be out of
season at the time. I sculpt each flower
by hand with a non-edible medium
which results in a very realistic waxy and
translucent finish much like a real petal.
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I then tint or softly colour each piece and
bind together onto a garland or hair piece.
I very much enjoy the concept of creating
heirloom pieces to treasure forever which
is very different to designing and making
cakes made just for one day. My hope
is that the two pieces compliment each
other as special one off pieces.
Andrea Pennington was responsible for
these stunning images that were taken
on location in the beautiful Cornish
countryside. This will be an on-going
collaboration for forthcoming work. I am
currently working on a winter collection
which I hope to release late Autumn.”
Amy’s website will be launched later this
year, however, in the meantime her work
can be found on her Facebook page:
/pages/Bandeau-dAmour-by-AmySwann/302287523287511
Love Vintage. Love Weddings.