Katya Hutter

Soulful flowers

• Katya uses flowers to connect with people
• Japanese expertise has shaped her work
• She is inspired by garden blooms and the Golden Age

Katya Hutter’s timeless, yet contemporary floral arrangements, have a sculptural beauty, as well as a sense of something being expressed, an emotion, a story, an idea – something that speaks to the admirer, ultimately connecting with them. This budding floral designer found her calling after being inspired by the wondrous variety of flowers in a local flower market in Aalsmeer, the Netherlands. The world of blooms opened up to her, drawing her towards Paris and the Japanese master floral designer Atsushi Taniguchi who taught her to pay attention to each individual flower, to truly see each flower and be guided by it. Her motto is "artistic expression and respect for flowers", and her goal is to let them speak and tell their story through her creations. Katya’s style is lush, abundant, and surprising.

Interview

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What are your specialisations?

I use different techniques and try to work as sustainably as possible. I’m skilled in bouquet making, large urn arrangements, centrepieces, floral installations, and I also create floral arrangements for interiors, using dry and hand painted flowers.

What are your sources of inspiration?

Art is a huge source of inspiration for me, such as the recent exhibition at the Mauritshuis in The Hague with a collection of paintings of floral arrangements by Dutch and Flemish painters from the 16th and 17th centuries.

How do you express tradition and innovation in your work?

As an admirer of garden style, I use many traditional techniques and natural combinations of flowers and foliage. When I look at paintings by Dutch masters, I spot some ideas that we still use today. I feel good about it, and I value this connection that goes through the centuries.

What is a highlight in your professional life?

I was delivering my flowers to a big hotel and the lift boy helped me to bring the flowers up. We stood by the elevator with the flowers next to us and he said, “these flowers remind me of summer days when I was a kid, so warm and sunny.” It was magical to connect with his memories in this way.

Katya Hutter is a rising star: she began her career in 2019 and she started teaching in 2021

Works

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©Katya Hutter Floral Design

©Katya Hutter Floral Design

©Katya Hutter Floral Design

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Where

Experiences

Floral arrangement workshop in Amsterdam

4 Hours

350 EUR per person