How did The Palmier decided to do what I never come to life? thought I would, quit my corporate job and take on a The Palmier was birthed studio space to pursue The from a home garage during Palmier full time. Fortunately the 2020 pandemic. I had enough I was able to 昀椀nd the just gone on maternity leave perfect little sunlit studio, from my corporate job with right at the heart of where it my second son. Having lived all began, Port Melbourne. in Port Melbourne for the Since launching our website, past 8 years I used to often we have been blessed and notice fallen fronds and took fortunate enough to have a few home from an evening created for thousands of people walk one night to place in an all around Australia, helping empty vase I had at home. spread the dried 昀氀oral love near and far. I posted a picture on Facebook We have also been given marketplace and overnight had incredible opportunities more than 30 enquires on my to work with some iconic vase / frond concoction. Much Australian brands such to my surprise, I was staggered as Country Road, Gurner at the online interest and Group and Rachel Gilbert. naturally began an Instagram page. Palms were exclusively When putting together the material I was using at the a creation what do time to create wreaths and wall you consider? hangings, hence the origin of the name “The Palmier” which When we create bespoke is merely French for ‘palm’. pieces, it is a very considered As many eyeballs had higher and personalised process that screen-times during repeated involves a few key factors. lockdowns, I was fortunate Initially, we love to see the enough to have my following space we are creating for grow relatively quickly and draw inspiration from and simultaneously dried colours, textures and the 昀氀owers had begun creeping overall aesthetic of the into the market. I began home or corporate of昀椀ce. incorporating dried 昀氀owers with my palms and foraged We then consider key goods and my creations were aspects such as scale, size received extremely well by and functionality of the piece. those following along. The idea of a bespoke creation is that is slots in Very quickly the home studio seamlessly to your home was out-grown and a short and surrounds, as though it one and a half years later I were a piece of furniture.
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