Buddha
Hillwood Museum
Ami Wilber
The Inspiration
Buddha
The Flowers
Florist’s inspiration: Collaborating with nature and inspired by the Shakyamuni Buddha, my intent is to create beauty through floristry. Using branches and blooms that represent the season will contribute to the harmony that lives in Buddhism and meditation.
Recipe: Seasonal flowers and branches to include cherry blossoms, pussy willow, a variety of fritillaria, tulips and hellebores
THE DESIGNER
Ami Wilber
Hillwood Museum
PHOTOGRAPHED BY
Costola Photography
Ami Wilber has cultivated a love for nature by creating beauty from it—spending much of her childhood picking flowers from the meadow behind her house to create bouquets for her mom. She graduated from Miami University with a degree in Fine Arts and went on to receive her MFA in sculpture from Rochester Institute of Technology, School for American Crafts.
She has been with Hillwood Museum since 2016.
As Hillwood’s Floral and Event Décor Designer, she blends her knowledge of art and floristry to create living sculptures, trying to capture the whims of nature in a composed setting.
Andie Ingagliato started her career as a fine art portrait photographer in 2008. Her passion for gorgeous imagery started with studies in classical music and theater which led to her receiving her BFA in photography and film from one of the top art programs in the nation: Virginia Commonwealth University.
Her wedding and portraiture work has been featured in Style Me Pretty, Washingtonian Weddings, The Knot, Martha Stewart Weddings and acknowledged by fashion designers, including Draper James.
Her characteristic style combines romance and editorial perspective with authenticity. She is uniquely gifted with bringing a sense of finesse into everything she touches while making it seem completely effortless. After 15 years of capturing weddings and families during the most precious times of their lives, she can truly say that this is exactly where she is meant to be.
When she isn't photographing weddings, Andie enjoys the outdoors alongside her husband, Tony and daughter, Ava.
