Emma Weaver

Weaver defines herself as a sculptor who works in the unique intersection between horticulture, the design of spaces and floral art. Educated at London’s Central Saint Martins, one of the world’s most renowned art schools, she also has experience in set design and fashion. Her background ended up leading her to flowers, the feature that ties all her work together, which she approaches in a highly-personal manner.

Through her work she makes us consider what good taste really means. Why are certain flowers and colour combinations considered unacceptable, old fashioned or simply bad taste? Non-conformist, unorthodox and a fan of ‘more is more’, in her installations everything clashes—the colours, the textures, the scale—but always by design.

‘A lot of the things that are done in floristry and horticulture seem grotesque to me’, says the English artist, ‘a practice based on control and manipulation. We anthropomorphise nature, imposing our own taste. Exploring that is a key part of my work’. Suspense, equilibrium, tension and humour could well be the words that define her creations, which occupy a space somewhere between the Baroque and punk.