The Flower Ripple Wedding – Cross-Circle Dialogue and Sharing Session of Wedding Dress, Floral Art and Photography
In tune with the “Flower Ripple Wedding—Photo Exhibition of Macao Fashion Wedding Gowns and Flowers”, the Macao Fashion Gallery will specially organise the “Flower Ripple Wedding—Crossover Dialogue and Sharing Session of Wedding Gowns, Floral Art and Photography”, through which the participants can learn about the importance of wedding gowns design, floral art design and photography for a wedding ceremony. The sharing session will also provide people intending to enter the wedding industry with valuable advices and thus professionalise the field and drive the development of the creative industry of wedding celebration.
Speakers：
Cindy Chao, an enthusiastic floral art creator and once an intern in a florist’s in the United States, established the first western-style flower shop in Macao (Valentine Flower Shop) at her own cost after returning to the city. At the same time, she was successfully evaluated as a Certified Floral Designer by the American Institute of Floral Designers and received the continuing education diploma of Dutch Flower Arrangements (DFA) Instructor. During more than twenty years working on floral art creation, Chao has been invited to teach and perform in more than twenty countries and regions including China, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Malaysia, Thailand and the United States. She has acted as invited reviewer and advisor for several international floral art exhibitions, and led local representative competitors of floral art to competitions abroad for many times and achieved outstanding accomplishments. Most of Chao’s floral works feature the merge of Chinese and western cultures, and combine firmness and gentleness with exquisite texture.
Dora Un is graduated from The Art Institute of California-San Francisco with a bachelor degree in Fashion Design. She has absorbed the costume aesthetics of western fashion and skills from school and fashion houses she worked for and brings them back to Macao. After she returned to Macao, she founded her design brand “a.dora.ble” in 2014. Using the special couture crafting skills she has learned, Dora commits to bring a whole different fashion view to more people and let them taste the juice of fashion.
Tam Keng, a local artist in Macao, grew his interest in art under the influence of his father since childhood. He has been guided and supported by Professor Mio Pang fei and Mr. Jiang Shi lin, and accumulated rich experiences in designing, creating and photographing arrangements. Tam is currently a member of the Photography Salon Society of Macao, the Photographic Society of Macao and the Photographic Society of Hong Kong. He has achieved exceptional results in international salon competitions in recent years, winning the Gold and Silver Medals of the Photographic Society of America, the Gold Medal of the International Federation of Photographic Art and the Gold Medal of the Royal Photographic Society.
Contents：
1. Introduction of speaker and his brand
2. Speakers sharing rich professional experiences and difficulties encountered regarding Macao’s wedding industry
3. The importance of interrelation among wedding dress, floral art and photography
4. (Floral art / Wedding dress / Photography) Trends for 2016/2017
5. Suggestions for people intending to enter wedding industry
6. Q&A session
Date：16th July, 2016 (Saturday)
Time：15:30-17:30
Venue：Macau Holy House of Mercy Albergue (No.8, Calçada da Igreja de S. Lázaro, Macao)
Target participants: People interested in wedding dress design, floral art design and wedding dress photography
Language：Cantonese