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Sophie Wiking

  • Florista
  • Flower designer
  • Stehag, Sweden
  • Rising Star
Sophie Wiking Flower designer
Contact
Swedish, English
Hours:
By appointment only
©ISABELL N WEDIN

Lagom bouncing bouquets

  • • Sophie's arrangements are characterised by movement
  • • Her style combines romanticism and simplicity
  • • She is influenced by Scandinavian design and minimalism

With a background in biodynamic gardening and graphic design, Sophie Wiking decided to study floristry, too, because it was the combination of all her favourite things: working with organic materials, getting her hands dirty, and visual creativity. She admits she spent most of her training days in Malmö doing the exact opposite of what she was told. "When explaining the spiral technique, my teacher kept telling me that the bouquets had to have the right shape, round and symmetric," she recalls. "I found this ridiculous. I knew at once that I wanted to step away from the traditional way and create something more natural." Faithful to her resolution, nowadays Sophie is known for her delicate arrangements with lots of frills and ruffles. Somebody once called her the “the queen of bounce”, because her bouquets are never too compact or stiff, they are "lagom", just right, in Swedish.

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Works

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Photo: ©Sophie Wiking
Wild carrots

A simple arrangement made using just one kind of flowers: wild carrots. The flower stems are of different lengths, which results in an asymmetrical composition that gives an impression of movement. The colour palette is very simple, with white and green as the only colours.

Photo: ©Sophie Wiking
Autumn sneaking around the corner

A bouquet of dahlias, alcalthaea, cosmos, phlox and scabiosa to celebrate autumn just around the corner. The arrangement is asymmetrical and full of movement, elegant and airy. The colour palette is soft and sophisticated.

Photo: ©Sophie Wiking
Fall vibes

Pink and purple flowers combined with autumn leaves are protagonists of this asymmetrical arrangement that seems to point upwards. Flowers used are viburnum, dahlia, alcalthaea and chocolate cosmos.

Photo: ©Sophie Wiking
Flower dance

Alcalthaea, marshmallows, cosmos and oregano come together in this summery bouquet, characterised by movement and dynamism. The arrangement is asymmetrical but perfectly balanced, the colour palette plays on the contrast between light-coloured flowers and dark foliage.

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