(2017) Paper Dinner Plate Dahlia
"Amity, of Florabeane and Patreon is natural artist and teacher! Her expertise and experience translates beautifully to make flower crafting enjoyable and satisfying!"
-Marianna @petalbloomflorals
Course Curriculum
Holiday update: I posted some new content on this lesson, a quick and easy video on how to change the recipe to make a half dozen. Enjoy.
Dahlia 'Labyrinth' arrives in summer and produces bountiful blooms until frost. This dinner plate variety produce huge flower heads prized in design and event work. Truth be told, these divas don't like to travel au natural, so florists look for local growers, and are now turning to paper as a fantastic, luxurious complement. These dahlias are hand-colored for nuance through dip-dying.
You will learn:
Dip dying and other coloration
Petal cutting, shaping, and gluing
Armature
Calyx
Finishing
"Go and do the course--it is given with a lot of fun and you learn step-by-step to make a flower....can't wait for the next flower. I like it and I can find it when I want to look back...also for a non-English speaker it is very clear. I did make the flower with a lot of fun because your way of teaching is so nice!"
- Jolanda @tuiltjemetbloemen
Your Instructor
A Master of Science in Education with a dozen years in the classroom, plus roles writing curriculum, connecting classrooms, writing policy, and organizing data, Amity is a teacher, writer, artist, and friend.
She is the principal behind the creative education studio, flower and jane. Her online art school features teaching artists from around the world with over 1500 students enrolled in creative botanical education courses.
Amity and her family live in a family cottage surrounded by tall pines and ancient apple trees in the midcoast region of Maine. They love to have adventures in nature!
Amity has been featured on Channel 8 News, DownEast, Veranda, and the Bangor Daily News. Her artwork is represented by the Good Supply.
Amity's research on open educational resources was federally funded during the Obama administration. She has presented at the state level and internationally in the field of teaching with technology. She has written curriculum for Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens as well as for her own company and hosted two educational conferences on biodiversity and conservation for Maine teachers.
"I really enjoyed this course! Very well organized and easy to follow steps."
- Priscilla @sophiaandrosecollective