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Floristry techniques
Elizabeth Wakeham 2012
Grouping • used to create an organised and
planned feeling • Materials placed in groups have more
impact than material distributed evenly throughout a design
• Grouping items allows the viewer to appreciate the individual variety, colour, form or texture of the material and to properly distinguish it from other
Clustering • A collection of like materials placed
so closely together that quantity shape or number of items cannot be determined
• Materials then function as a unit • This technique can be use in the body
of a design or to conceal part of the base
• Clustering materials into soil masses increases the visual impact of the composition
Clustering • Items too small to be
recognised as individual components are clustered for recognition as a single unit of colour or texture
Sequencing
• placing design material in order of gradual or progressive change
Sequencing
Bunching and bundling
Carpeting
Overlapping
Banding • the techniques of banding is used
to accent or draw attention to a particular ingredient in its purest form
• Banding serves no functional purpose merely a decorative one. It is used an ornamentation, much like a person might wear a bracelet
Binding
• the process of uniting three or more like materials by tying them together in bunches
Shadowing • A method of enhancing the
visibility or impact of material by using a second identical material behind and below the first placement
• This technique is used to create the third dimension of depth
• Single stems of materials (like foliage) can appear as flat surfaces.
• Placing an identical material in its shadow strengthens emphasis to the material
Shadowing
Framing • Materials placed in the perimeter of
a design fully or partially enclosing an area and focusing attention to the design’s contents
• Framing is a technique of material placement that focuses on a specific are
Framing
Terracing • materials paced in a series of levels
rising one above another: the stair stepping of materials
• Terracing is a basing technique. • Identical materials sometimes
graduated in size are placed in a horizontal front to back stair-step sequence.
• Good technique for finishing the base of vegetative designs.
Basing • materials placed in the design
foundation giving visual stability to the materials that emerge from it.
• Basing is a general term describing techniques used to attractively detail a design’s base.
• In floral design clustering and terracing are considered two basing techniques
Pave Design Style
• method of organising materials as close together as possible with a cobblestone effect
Pillowing • Pillowing is a style achieved by
placing materials in small clusters and flexible parts closely together
• These ‘tufted groups flow like hills and valleys on a landscape
• Each little group ’grows’ from a separate point
• There can be many points within a container where these tufted groups emerge.
Manipulating plant material
Using frameworks