Between Leaf and Lime
“That element of surprise, or of openness to being surprised, is now crucial in her work. An accidental slide into floristry while waitressing at a restaurant in Cape Town was formalised when she started taking Ikebana classes, a term Cynthia had encountered while researching floral inspiration. “My Ikebana teacher once said to me that she wouldn’t go looking for material before each class, she would just put it out into the universe that she had a class, and then she would see something.
And I do like the idea of having a serendipitous relationship with plants. It’s become an approach that I take when I make things, I wait for the materials to come to me. Often it’s something that you can’t buy. And sometimes you can't even go looking for it. It just has to find you.”
Words by Alice Vincent