Following the success of their fall 2025 Ikebana collaboration, Dusk in Autumn: Bittersweet Sparkles Golden, Hitomi Gilliam and Quynh Nguyen reunite for a spring workshop that brings together paper artistry and floral mechanics in a new way: the wearable flower crown.
About the Workshop
What You Will Learn
Quynh will guide you through the creation of three botanically realistic paper flowers: the Princess Hitomi garden rose (a Japanese rose with cotton-candy pink petals and a quartered bloom form, named after Hitomi Gilliam herself), a clematis, and a double lisianthus. Each flower is crafted with attention to the living bloom’s petal structure, color, and character.
Hitomi will teach the mechanics of the ephemeral flower crown: structural framework, assembly technique, and the balance required to make a crown that is both artful and wearable. With nearly four decades of experience in floral mechanics and design education, Hitomi brings unmatched expertise to the structural side of this collaboration.
Who This Workshop Is For
This workshop is designed for paper flower makers who have some foundational experience. If you have made one or two paper flowers before, whether through a previous workshop, a tutorial, or your own experimentation, you are ready.
What’s Included
5+ hours of live instruction with Hitomi and Quynh. Additional tutorials and educational content. Pre-recorded paper flower lessons releasing in early April for a head start. A live student review session with personal feedback. A paper flower supplies package is shipped to your door in advance. Unlimited lifetime access to all workshop recordings.
Workshop Schedule
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Mechanics for Stunning Paper Flowers to Wear
3:00PM PST Start Time
Tuesday, April 28th(90min Live Lecture)
In Lesson One, Hitomi and Quynh will introduce students to the mechanics that will enable you to create a stunning flowers to wear piece! Through demonstration and dialogue, they’ll share how base mechanics and crafted paper elements compliment each other as you begin to work with materials for both your paper flower making & the base structure of your flowers to wear headpiece.
Focus Topics
• Overview of Materials Needed for the student project
• Preparing Materials for Paper Flower Making
• Creating Components Needed for your Flowers to Wear Base Structure
• Step-by-Step walkthrough of the building of your Base Structure -
Creating Beautiful Blooms from Paper
3:00PM PST Start Time
Wednesday, April 29th(90min Live Lecture)
In Lesson Two, Quynh will guide participants through the process of transforming crepe paper into the flowers you’ll use in your final Flowers to Wear Headpiece. Together, you’ll create a paper Clematis, Lisianthus, & the ‘Princess Hitomi’ Garden Rose. Each bloom formed through careful observation, delicate layering, and a deep sensitivity to nature’s rhythm and balance.
Focus Topics
• Sculpting botanicals from crepe paper
• Hand-tinting, curling, and layering techniques for lifelike effects
• Using color and texture to evoke mood and atmosphere
• Integrating paper elements into natural compositions -
Ephemera Paper Flower Crown
3:00PM PST Start Time
Thursday, April 30th(90min Live Lecture)
In Lesson Three, Hitomi will lead a live demonstration of Integrating the paper botanicals created in Lesson Two with the Base Structure created in Lesson One. Joined by Quynh, who will create her own Flower Crown, the two will explore how line, color, and form come together stunning ‘Ephemera’ (as Hitomi has coined it) Paper Flower Crowns & Headpieces.
Focus Topics
• Integrating paper botanicals into a built base structure
• Exploring line, balance, color, and form in your final design
• Techniques and Methods to create a WOW factor in your Flowers to Wear Headpiece -
Live Student Review with Hitomi & Quynh
Multiple Review Sessions
Saturday, May 9th(Multiple Live Zoom Sessions)
Conclude your workshop journey with a personalized dialogue of growth and insight.
In the Student Review Sessions, participants will join Hitomi and Quynh on Zoom for individualized feedback and discussion.
Each student will have the opportunity to present their two completed assignments : their handcrafted paper botanicals and their final Flowers to Wear design, and receive 1-on-1 feedback from both instructors.
Register Today!
2 Options to Choose From.
With Workshop Registration, in addition to 5+ Hours of LIVE (also Fully Recorded) Educational Lessons, Student Assignments with Student Review, you’ll also receive a detailed overview with all recommended supplies, sources, and preparation notes to help you get ready for class!
With Workshop + Supplies Registration, you’ll also receive ALL the Paper Flower Materials you’ll need to create the blooms shared in the Workshop, shipping included (within North America Only)
Can’t make it to all the sessions live? Not to worry as each lesson is recorded in full and available to watch anytime. You’ll also have LIFETIME ACCESS to all course content with either registration level!
Workshop Registration
$249 CAD
Workshop + Supplies Registration
$329 CAD
Registration Includes:
(3) 90min+ LIVE & INTERACTIVE LESSONS
with Hitomi & Quynh
(3) LIVE STUDENT REVIEW with Hitomi & Quynh for 1-on-1 feedback of your Student Assignments
(3) STUDENT CHALLENGES issued by Hitomi & Quynh at the end of each of Live Lesson
(2) STUDENT ASSIGNMENTS to be reviewed by Hitomi & Quynh in the Live Student Review
LIFETIME ACCESS to Full Recordings of all Workshop Lessons, as well as ALL program resources (Supply Lists, Tutorials, etc)
TECHNICAL SUPPORT - Enjoy complete technical support throughout the program, helping you through any problems that may arise.
FAQs
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Of course! All of our Workshop Lessons are Recorded in Full and available immediately afterwards for you to watch or re-watch at your convenience! As part of registration, you will also enjoy LIFETIME Access to all Lesson Recordings.
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Paper Flower Supplies are only included in the Workshop + Supplies Registration Option. If you choose the ‘Workshop Only’ Option, we will be releasing a Complete Paper Flower Supply List, as well as a recommended Container & Ikebana Supply List, which you will receive by email within (5) Days of Registration.
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There are (3) Ways to access Workshop Lessons & Content once registered.
You can Log-in to your account at HitomiGilliam.com and access all course content via your account page (top right-hand corner of the website after login)
Program Emails will be sent to the email that you use for registration, this will include links to Live Lessons + links to additional course content. If you register and are not receiving emails, please make sure to check your junk/spam email folder and mark info@hitomigilliam.com as safe.
We will be launching a Private Facebook Group the week of the workshop, we encourage all students to join and meet fellow students. Links to all program content will also be posted to the group throughout the workshop.