3 evenings Max 8 students Intermediate

Event installation workshop:
arches, clouds and rigging
done properly

Three evenings on the engineering side of floristry: foam-free mechanics, weight distribution, water systems and the teamwork a real install demands. AU$520.

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Students rigging a hanging floral cloud above a studio table

PriceAU$520
FormatWed–Fri, 18:00–21:30
Studio9/131 Gouger St

Half-finished ceremony arch with smoke bush and dahlias

Evening two, 20:40. The arch got heavier than anyone planned.

The workshop

The install is the invoice

One decent event install pays what a month of retail bouquets pays, which is why everyone wants in and why most venues ask for your rigging notes before they ask for your portfolio.

We build a real hanging cloud across the three evenings: site check, moodboard to scale, mechanics, install, strike. You learn to pitch it like a job because that is what it is.

Who it suits

Pro-tier gradsready for event work
Venue stylistswant the mechanics
Confident handsladders involved

What we cover

Three evenings, one real build

Wednesday is planning, Thursday is mechanics, Friday we hang it and tear it down.

Evening 2

Engineering the hang

Load paths, fixings that venues allow, weight spread across the frame, and water delivery to stems that hang upside down for ten hours. The unglamorous part that keeps venues calling you back.

Sketch to scale

Moodboard to working drawing: how to pitch the install before you buy a stem.

Foam-free frames

Chicken wire cages, willow armatures and kenzan grids that hold water and compost.

Crew choreography

Who holds the ladder, who conditions, who photographs. Real installs are a team sport.

The install invoice

Quoting labour, transport and strike separately so you stop working for free.

From the bench

Builds from previous evenings

Shot in our cyclorama corner

Hanging cloud of dried grasses over a dinner table — Grass cloud · restaurant brief

Asymmetric ceremony arch in autumn tones — Ceremony arch · dahlias

Ten-metre table runner under construction — Table run · 10 metres

Retail window install with oversized stems — Shop window · oversized stock

The practical bits

Everything is included

Stock, tools, wrap, tea and the good playlist. You bring closed shoes and a phone for portfolio shots.

FormatWed–Fri 18:00–21:30
Physicalityladders, light rigging
You leave withinstall photos + rigging notes
Deposit to bookAU$100

In the price

All frames, wire, kenzan and fixings
Full stock for the group build
Rigging notes pack to keep
Quote template for event work
Edited photos for your portfolio

Your seat

AU$520Wed–Fri, 18:00–21:30 · 14-day refund window

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Before you book

Three things people ask

Anything else, the curator answers on the contacts page within 15 minutes in studio hours.

Yes, and it is supervised and optional. Plenty of the mechanics happen at bench height; the hanging part is where it gets fun, but nobody climbs who does not want to.

The good ones do, and it is becoming standard. Your notes from this workshop are the document they mean. We hand you the template.

Three or more from one business gets a group rate, and we can run it on your own floor if you have the ceiling for it. Ask via the contacts page.

April evenings, three nights only

Eight spots, because eight is what fits around one arch without elbows meeting.

3 evenings Adelaide studio

Event installation workshop: arches, clouds and rigging done properly