This is not a beginner workshop.

The mentorship programs at Pinker Times are designed for people who already know how to hold flowers — and are ready to understand why a composition works, why material behaves the way it does under certain conditions, and what it means to build a body of work rather than a portfolio of pretty arrangements.

That distinction matters. There are excellent beginner floristry classes in Atlanta. This is not one of them. What we offer is closer to a design education than a workshop — and it is only available in very limited form, to a small number of people at a time.

Who the Programs Are For

Most participants come from one of three backgrounds:

Working florists who have built a client base and a skill set, and are ready to develop a more distinct artistic voice. They can execute beautifully. What they are looking for is a framework for developing their own aesthetic — and access to someone who has built a recognized practice and navigated the transition from craft to art.

Designers and art directors from adjacent fields — interiors, fashion, film, event production — who work with botanical material as part of their practice and want to deepen that relationship. They do not want to become florists. They want to understand composition, materiality, and how to direct botanical work with more authority.

Serious students who are considering botanical design as a professional direction and want to understand what a high-level practice actually looks like before committing. They are not shopping for a weekend experience. They are investing in a direction.

What the Programs Cover

The specifics vary by participant and format, but the core of the mentorship program centers on:

Material study — understanding how specific botanicals behave, age, and interact with other elements. How to source for quality rather than availability. How to work with preserved, dried, and fresh material with the same compositional fluency.

Composition theory — building arrangements around a single focal, using negative space, understanding proportion and scale. The difference between a beautiful bouquet and a piece of work.

Developing a practice — how to build a body of work that is recognizable, how to position and price for the caliber of client you want to attract, and how Pinker Times approached the transition from pop-up to institutional-level studio.

Botanical sculpture — Skye Lin's specific practice of treating floral arrangement as a sculptural medium. What that means technically and conceptually.

Format and Availability

Programs are offered in limited formats: private one-day intensives, multi-session mentorship arrangements, and occasional small-group workshops when the studio calendar allows. All are held in Atlanta or, in some cases, on the road.

There is no open enrollment. Availability is by inquiry and waitlist. We accept a small number of participants per season to maintain the quality of each engagement.

To Inquire

Write to info@pinkertimes.com with a brief description of your background, what you are working on or hoping to develop, and your timeline. We respond to every serious inquiry within one week.

You can also join the workshop waitlist at pinkertimes.com/pages/workshop.

About Skye Lin

Skye Lin is the founder of Pinker Times and a Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree (2024, Art & Style). She holds a BFA in Sculpture and Installation Art and has led botanical commissions for Vogue, Architectural Digest, ELLE, Disney, Netflix, Cartier, LVMH, American Express, Resy, Diptyque, Sotheby's, and Coca-Cola, among others. Her studio is based in Atlanta.