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©Chiara Sapiente
©Chiara Sapiente
©Elena Corbari
©Chiara Sapiente
©Chiara Sapiente

Chiara Sapiente

  • Sfumature di cipria
  • Flower designer
  • Pavia, Italy
  • Rising Star
Chiara Sapiente Flower designer
Contact
Italian, English
Hours:
By appointment only
Phone:
+93 3289161112
©Chiara Sapiente

Rock'n'roll flower compositions

  • • Chiara sees flower arrangements as part of interior design
  • • Her style has a touch of rock’n’roll and vintage from the 1950s
  • • She loves to match flowers with urban and contemporary materials

Daughter of painter and sculptor Bruno Sapiente, Chiara Sapiente was born into art. From her father she has inherited a sense of beauty and the love for colour, but she has found her own medium for expressing them – flowers and plants. “I have been in love with greenery since I was a teenager,” she says. “At 13, I worked in a flower shop where they paid me in succulents.” Growing up, Chiara found a job at Frida’s, a flower store with many shops in Italy. There she understood that retail was not her cup of tea: events and installations were far more exciting to her. That is why in 2014 she opened up her own floral studio, Sfumature di cipria (Shades of powder), a name inspired by her passion for vintage style, rock’n’roll and the 1950s.

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Works

  • ©Elena Corbari
  • ©Elena Corbari
  • ©Elena Corbari
  • ©Elena Corbari
  • ©Elena Corbari
Photo: ©Elena Corbari
Contrasts/1

This asymmetrical arrangement is made of roses, dianthus, fritillary and daffodils, inspired by the Japanese art of ikebana but interpreted in a Western way. For the structure, Chiara Sapiente did not use flower foam but chicken wire and kenzan which are more sustainable.

Photo: ©Elena Corbari
Contrasts/2

Hyacinths, tulips, loropetalum, pasqueflower and caladium are beautifully arranged in a vase, and supported by chicken wire. The composition is asymmetrical and developed both horizontally and vertically. The color palette is dominated by pink shades.

Photo: ©Elena Corbari
Contrasts/3

This is a delicate bouquet of light pink and white flowers such as caladium, fritillary, pasqueflowers, jasmins and tulips. The ensemble has a wild appearance, but is carefully planned to obtain a Western take on ikebana.

Photo: ©Elena Corbari
Contrasts/4

A great variety of flowers – caladium, fritillary, pasqueflowers, jasmins and tulips – meet in this arrangement, beautifully developed horizontally as well as vertically. The colour palette is dominated by warm colours, from pink to orange and yellow.

Photo: ©Elena Corbari
Contrasts/5

This delicate arrangement of roses, dianthus, nandina, elm inflorescence and fritillary sits in a vase, supported by chicken wire and kenzan.

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