NATURALISTIC

• A little niche of nature

• Use ALL parts of the plant:

• Suggests natural growth of the plant material used as possible

FREE FORM

• Outline rather than straight lines

• Free-flowing lines

• Precise ________ and sharp angles

• No rules

GEOMETRIC (Vertical or Horizontal)

• CIRCLE (2-D) or Sphere (3-D)

•  Symmetrical

•  Asymmetrical

• TRIANGLE (2-D) or Pyramid (3-D)

•  Symmetrical

•  Asymmetrical

• OTHER FORMS

• Diagonal  

• Lines of Opposition

“F.Y.I”

The form of an arrangement evolves as it is constructed. The designer should let the plant material suggest the form. An arrangement is seldom stiffly geometric or completely natural. To make naturalistic forms, the designer must know the plant materials.

THE THIRD DIMENSION

A flat or pressed look is unnatural and not desirable in flower arranging.

Methods to achieve the third dimension:

• Vary the ___________ of the flower placements, “bury some flowers.”

• Vary flower facings

• Radiation

• Finish the ____________ of each design

• Allow some plant materials to _______________________ slightly and some to ______________________

• Graded use of color

• Style: Form changes with the taste of society. These influence the designers choice of materials, colors, proportions, and rhythms. The formal result is STYLE. A style may go on for centuries with little change, as the traditional styles of Japanese flower arranging. Style may be constantly changing as in America today. When a style goes out of fashion, it does not mean that the design has changed from good to bad. If the design is well conceived, it will remain so. It is WE who have changed.

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