Simoné sources her flowers from across South Africa, when she’s travelling or from local marketing. Her unique process is clear through her work, which feels both natural and evocative.
“I rely on nature to guide me. I use different types of flowers, some of them are long and they’ve got a stem, and some of them are just a petal, so you have to do different things to do different layouts,” she explains.
Simoné’s process is deeply guided by both the beauty of the flowers with which she works, and the philosophical connection to us as people.
“Flowers are very fragile, they obviously will change in colour over time, but that also ties in with us as humans, that evolve and change over time,” she says.
Her work preserves both flowers and the memories they represent in time, making her work beautiful and timeless.
“Working with flowers fulfills my dream and my passion. I enjoy working with nature and it brings me a sense of calm and fulfillment, something that any other job could not bring me,” she concludes.