College class- pedestal design

Today we made bigger arrangement. Then distributed around college. The reception, library and the Northern building.

Modern

Modern

Symmetrical

Symmetrical

Asymmetrical

Fruity flowers

Fruity flowers- citrus fruits.

Orange is called vitamin colour. It gives energy and freshness. As it is getting hotter, my friend and I decided to make it.

Lime, grape fruit(ruby red) and orange.

whole look

Orange and protea

Lime and chins

Grape fruit is as if a cover of cup.

Frappe style by flowers and lime.

Friend's challenge- yellow posy

Yellow posy

My friend made yellow posy. The colour is quite seasonal, which makes the design beautiful naturally. Materials were carnations and sakura blossom.

Friend's challenge

Skimmia

The picture is what my friend tried a couple week ago. With Easter gone, all skimmia in Writtle College have start to bloom. The tiny buds are turning into flower, which shows white colour.

Bear grass

Wider look

taller look

wrapped up by leaves

possible way to hold

Easter arrangement

Easter themed arr

In usual college class, I made a circular arrangement with Easter accessories. The round shape means endless, which connects to the idea of Easter- the rebirth.

Materials.

 Put weaved leaves into the centre area.

I put focal flowers firstly. The ratio is 3:5:8. I feel it was mistake to put 2 groups of roses on a same line. It was better to be put slightly of the line.

Covering the foam by foliage and moss.

L shape with carnations

L shape arrangement

With 5 carnations, I made a greenish arrangement. Cherry blossoms shape the outline.


Materials.

Making outline by carnations.

Put pink spray rose to add colour contrast.

Beautiful yellow leaves.

Top.

All from Writtle College campus.

Simple arrangement in a black container

All materials were picked up in Writtle College.

Bits of berries make a lovely contrast to green foliage and black container.

view from the front

In-house competition- Easter arrangements.

At Writtle college on 26 Feb 2015, an in-house competition was hold. The theme was Easter spring. We are expected to make bouquets or arrangements with yellow and blue colours.

The competitors were Higher Education(HE) students with Level 4 and 5. I am a fist year student at level 4. Awards were given to 3 people: 1st place for 1st year, 1st place for 2nd year and a person voted by public.

Here is my work. The idea was to hang up eggs which were stuffed with snowdrops. I reckon I should have put more yellow flowers around the cage.

The theme is Easter Spring.

hanged eggs.

Bird's nest at the bottom.

Spring and vegetative

Vegetative arrangement

Before a spring has come, we made a spring arrangement. Materials were really colourful with yellow and bit of blue. Twigs tell us like birth of new life.

'B' by carnations

'B' letter

 'B' letter arrangement with carnations.

We can't kill carnations. They are flowers of king. They are tough enough to put on oasis foam. Cutting very shortly, Just insert the stem into foam. Bent leaves show both front and back side, adding some interesting background.

Used:

• 18 white carnations
• 30 leaves of salal 
• 1 piece of oasis foam

Arrangement- Aspidistra Cross

Aspidistra Cross

College' class. Funeral design featuring aspidistra. A key is to fold them and attache onto cross-shape oasis rather than wrap it up. Because it adds 3-D impacts.

Materials

Cover the base oasis by foliage

Classmates' works

Arrangement- Asymmetrical L shape

Asymmetrical L shape 

Visual balance is vital.

An asymmetrical L shape arrangement. To achieve not symmetrical design, visual balance must be carefully thought.

Outline by ruscus

Outline by gyp

Identify Visual weight

Outline- Visual weight line=focal line

4 aqua roses makes an arched curve, which can be interpreted as a "visual weight line". The line is slightly off centre, which is showed an vertical line from the top corner.

Lines

Composition- copying the focal line

As the "visual weight line" is oriented from the top corner, it is natural to follow it in terms of composition. I made 3 lines in total. One is the visual weight line. In other word, it might be a focal line too. Second is a line with lisianthus. Final one is by carnations.

Materials

<Flowers>

• Rosa: 5 stems
• Lisianthus: 2 stems
• Dianthus: 5 stems

<Filler>

• Ruscus racemosa
• Gypsophila 'Million Star'
• Eucalyptus parvfolia
• Gaultheria shaloon

Arrangement- skimmia

A stuffed bag with skimmias. Bushy shrubs have got nice texture, are't they? I love the spiky leaves. It can be used for filler around white roses in a bouquet.

Arrangement- posy

A posy arrangement with seasonal foliage. Almost all of them were picked up at Writtle College.

I reckon this is a bad example. The design failed to be in harmony. That is because added to much sorts of materials and techniques.

Hessian cloth adds texture

A petal on a beetle weed

It might be true that 'less is more.'