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