Welcome to Ephemeral Fall. My blog focuses on providing practical guides on Korean style handtied bouquets for floral beginners. While it may be unusual for a university student to be demonstrating how to put together flowers from flower care and handling to flower arranging, I would like to share my knowledge and experience on floristry based on the workshops and private classes that I attended which organized by professional florists.
This my first blog post on the basics of handtied bouquet and I would introduce the six elements of design in bouquet making.
This my first blog post on the basics of handtied bouquet and I would introduce the six elements of design in bouquet making.
1. Colour
Colour theory is one of the important aspects in floral designing. Be familiarise with terms such as hue (colour), tint (white), tone (grey) and shade (black). Primary colours are red, blue and yellow; Secondary colours are violet, green and orange; Tertiary colour fill in the gaps between primary and secondary colours. Colour schemes which include monochromatic, analogous, complimentary, triadic and polychromatic are used to create bouquet with different harmonies. Take note of colour gradient and transition and try not to arrange flowers of the same colour together.
Colour theory is one of the important aspects in floral designing. Be familiarise with terms such as hue (colour), tint (white), tone (grey) and shade (black). Primary colours are red, blue and yellow; Secondary colours are violet, green and orange; Tertiary colour fill in the gaps between primary and secondary colours. Colour schemes which include monochromatic, analogous, complimentary, triadic and polychromatic are used to create bouquet with different harmonies. Take note of colour gradient and transition and try not to arrange flowers of the same colour together.
2. Form
Flowers and foliage are classified based on their characteristics into categories of mass, form, filler and line. Floral materials from any single group or combination of groups are used to create an arrangement and a specific flower or foliage type is not limited to one group of categorization.
Flowers and foliage are classified based on their characteristics into categories of mass, form, filler and line. Floral materials from any single group or combination of groups are used to create an arrangement and a specific flower or foliage type is not limited to one group of categorization.
3. Size
Choose a variety of flowers with different bloom sizes to create an interesting and well-balanced bouquet.
4. Height
The binding point (normally around 20cm to 30cm) equals to a bouquet height. Arrange flowers and foliage at various heights to give depths or adjust the height of each stems to create the desired shape (round classic or flowing organic).
Choose a variety of flowers with different bloom sizes to create an interesting and well-balanced bouquet.
4. Height
The binding point (normally around 20cm to 30cm) equals to a bouquet height. Arrange flowers and foliage at various heights to give depths or adjust the height of each stems to create the desired shape (round classic or flowing organic).
5. Space
A bouquet is formed by utilising positive and negative spaces. Positive space is the space occupied by individual flowers to create bouquet scale; Negative spaces are empty spaces around and in between the flowers to create focal areas. Allocate the space needed for flowers with different blooming stage while making a handtied bouquet.
A bouquet is formed by utilising positive and negative spaces. Positive space is the space occupied by individual flowers to create bouquet scale; Negative spaces are empty spaces around and in between the flowers to create focal areas. Allocate the space needed for flowers with different blooming stage while making a handtied bouquet.
6. Direction
Always spiral at the same direction (either clockwise or anticlockwise). Rotate the stems as more flowers and foliage are added to ensure an even spread and maintain the angle of the stems to form a spiral.
I have summarised the points mentioned above in the infographic below and hope it helps. Check out An Introduction to Colour Theory by Floral Design Institute to learn more about colour. See you in the upcoming blog posts.
I have summarised the points mentioned above in the infographic below and hope it helps. Check out An Introduction to Colour Theory by Floral Design Institute to learn more about colour. See you in the upcoming blog posts.
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