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Benjamin Avery
Colourblind
Sydney, NSW Australia
colourblindflorist.com
@thecolourblindflorist
Since childhood, Benjamin Avery has felt a personal
connection to nature, and he deeply enjoyed his
upbringing spent both splashing in ocean
waves and relishing mountaintop views.
at love of nature revealed itself as an
artistic medium when Avery discovered
his talent for flower design.
"Floristry isn't about color to me; it is about
creating a surreal environment and transforming
and transporting the viewer into another realm,"
he explains. "I'm attracted
to form and texture
before color. Being color
blind doesn't affect
me because I've never
known a difference."
Interacting with nature
still plays an important
role in Avery's process,
which typically includes
a thoughtful client
consultation followed an
ocean dive. "When you're
under water, everything
slows down and becomes quiet.
I take this time to not only think about form
and shape but also view the environment
I'm in as inspiration—whether it be a
rocky outcrop that a cuttlefish is hiding
under or all the seagrass beds that are
slowly swaying in the current.
ere is such poetry in the
way that marine plants move
under the weightlessness
of the ocean." After
immersing himself in
this natural source of
inspiration, Avery returns
to his flower studio
ready to create.
"Being color blind
doesn't affect me
because I've never
known a difference."
— Benjamin Avery
