ILKLEY FLOWER CLUB: Mark Entwistle from Sandbach, Cheshire entertained us with his demonstration titled ‘Art for Arts Sake’ in October. He has been a florist for 25 years and has won Gold at Chelsea. Mark is a keen follower of Art and each of his pieces were inspired by different genres from Oriental art, Impressionism, Modern, Post Impressionism, Minimalist and a final flourish with Art Deco. He used a wide variety of clever containers and structures to enhance his designs. The flowers he used were magnificent ranging from orchids, lilies, roses, heliconia, gerbera, protea, gladioli, sunflowers, iris and anthurium. Lynn Barghout gave the vote of thanks and she summed Mark up in a nutshell by stating he was a ‘master of floral art’.