How did you start your career in floral arrangement, and do you have a particular way of starting the creative process?

I came to flowers by accident from sculpture and quickly found myself entranced by the infinite materials of the medium. My creative process is deeply lodged in the season, in the precise moment of what is awakening and bursting forth from the ground. I usually begin with a flower or branch that makes my blood rush and then begin the hunt for its companions.

You were invited to be the guest designer for Holidays at The White House. What was the most unforgettable part of the project?

It was an extraordinary feeling to emerge into the East Room (the ballroom) before dawn, carrying a historic gold vermeil urn filled with my flowers, and place it on the mantle opposite the giant portraits of George and Martha Washington. It was the final touch before the press arrived. I had chills.

What was the inspiration behind the two tables you styled for SFERRA?

The first one is a riot of Icelandic poppies—one of the most exuberant flowers—dancing on a meadow of green linens in several shades. The second one is composed of dappled and veined patterned leaves with rich reds and fuchsias of camellia and cyclamen. The deep and rich tones of the flowers are softened with pale tablecloths, balanced with tonal Raspberry dinner napkins.