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for flower lovers
FLORAL DESIGN ELEMENT
TEXTURE
Texture is the
surface quality of the plant material and how the eye sees
that. If the plant material is smooth and shiny, your eye will
travel over it quickly as it sees all there is to see very
fast.The texture can be
rough, dull, or coarse and the eye will stay longer as it
takes in all the different tones, tints and shades created by
the shadows and light plays
Why bother?
Smooth flowers
with smooth containers look great together, shiny flowers and
leaves with shiny containers, etc. However contrast in texture
can be wonderful, as each makes the other stand out more.The
contrasts in texture can be used to make the viewer's eye rest
on a particularly stunning flower or unique plant
material. Often a coarsely textured container with
smooth flowers such as camellias inserted, will draw attention
away from the camellias and on to the container so be aware of
where you wish to draw
attention.
Contrast of texture
The smooth of the mandarin offsets the rough of
the purple seedheads and the silvered seed pods, which contrast with the texture of the succulents and the
roses.Colour also plays an important role in this
design
Pave
Pave is a style of
design where plant materials are placed closely together to
form a flat platter.These 5 pave
designs
demonstrate wonderful contrasts in texture
Try a pave design
Go on a 'texture hunt'. Find 15-20
of each object such as flowers, fruit, leaves, seeds, shells
in the same scale. You will need 6 different object groups:
smooth, shiny, rough, fine, coarse, dull.
sort into textures
They could all be
the same colour, 2 colours or all
different. Sort into piles
and put the smooth by the rough, the shiny by the dull, the
fine by the coarse. Experiment.
a textural pattern
Lay blocks
of wetted floral foam in a flat container. Make a pathway around the foam, Fill in the other areas grouping all the same object tightly, putting contrasts in texture beside each other.
texture in form
Using hard sticks against soft petals is an extreme textural contrast softened with similar colour choices.
texture for a white wedding
When the bride requests an all white wedding bouquet go for textural differences to make an impact.
texture with form
Even when the forms are very different utilise texture as a contrast to maximise the effect of both in a contemporary design.
vary the texture
If the bride wants all the same colour and all the same form, you can still create more interest with texture.
Texture adds value
A low budget gift of 4 candles and 6 Roses in a milk crate looks much better with dried Moss adding a third texture.
Work through 6 lessons which discover the secrets behind 6 design principles and you will be at the top of your game.
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