Elements of Design
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☞ 21 filmed demonstrations
☞ 200+ pages of class notes
☞ 3.5+ hours video
☞ English subtitles
☞ Variety names
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"Understanding how to achieve certain shapes in a vase begins with looking at natural materials and really assessing how the whole plant looks and behaves, in the soil, at the source. Close observation of the natural world allows us to absorb the subtleties of plants and flowers – heights and breadths, the angles they grow at, whether they spread or climb, clamber up through trees, clump together in dense clusters, self-seed and pop up at odd intervals here and there..."
From Notes on Shape
COLOUR
— Complementary —
Tea-bowls of spring flowers
COLOUR
— Warms and Cools —
Clashing summer dish
COLOUR
— Sky, Sea, Grass —
Cool analogous urn
LINE
— Sideways —
Horizontal branch design
LINE
— Cascade —
Tall linear arrangement
LINE
— Stepping Stones —
Tomatoes in a shallow dish
SPACE
— The spaces between —
Tablescape of spring flowers
SPACE
— Room to breathe —
Minimal bouquet design
SPACE
— Negative Space —
Low and large ceramic urn
SHAPE
— V —
Large dish of spring flowers
SHAPE
— S —
Terracotta bowl of summer flowers
SHAPE
— C —
Sweeping footed bowl design
TONE
— All White —
Delicate spring vase
TONE
— Mellow Yellow —
Ceramic bowl of one hue
TONE
— Light to Dark —
Tall urn with contrasting foliage
TEXTURE
— Soft —
Modern design with bed of moss
TEXTURE
— Scratchy —
Floor installation with groupings
TEXTURE
— Fluffy —
Ornamental grass design
FORM
— Flower Forms —
A small harmonious bowl
FORM
— Natural Forms —
Botanical specimens in glass
FORM
— Singular Form —
Daisy faces in a pink vase
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