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Introduction to the art of flower arrangement
Introduction to the art of flower arranging
The origin of the art of flower arranging should be attributed to the people's love of flowers, through the framing of flowers, to express a mood to experience the truth and splendor of life. I'll tell you more about the art of flower arranging, and I hope it will help you.
China nearly 2,000 years ago, there has been a primitive idea and prototype of flower arrangement. Ikebana has been popularized in the Tang Dynasty, and popular in the court, in the temple as the altar of the Buddha in front of the flowers. During the Song Dynasty, the art of flower arrangement was popularized among the people and loved by the literati, and there were a lot of poems about the appreciation of flower arrangement in various dynasties. To the Ming Dynasty, the art of flower arrangement in China is not only widely popularized, and there are monographs on flower arrangement, such as Zhang Qiande's "Bottle Flower Spectrum" and Yuan Hongdao's "Bottle History". Chinese flower arrangement art development to the Ming Dynasty, has reached its heyday, in technology, theory are quite mature and perfect; in style, emphasizing the natural lyricism, beautiful and simple performance, elegant and bright colors, simple shape. Qing Dynasty flower arrangement art in the folk but do not get attention, development and popularization.
Eastern flower arrangement is represented by Japanese and Chinese flower arrangement, which has the characteristics of oriental art. Eastern-style flower arrangement advocates nature, pay attention to the beautiful lines and natural gestures. Its composition layout of high and low staggered, echoed, sparse and dense gathering and dispersal, works of elegant and smooth. According to the natural form of plant growth, there are different forms of flower arrangement such as upright, tilted and drooping. The flower arrangement is characterized by its simplicity and richness of expression. Eastern flower arrangement does not overly demand the variety and quantity of flowers, but emphasizes the beauty of each flower's hue, gesture and charisma. Composition with one kind of flower material can also achieve a better effect. Different compositions and combinations with different flower materials and containers, the effect is completely different, which is the expressive power of the art of flower arranging.
There is no rigid formula to follow in everyday flower arranging, but there are some general rules that can be learned, such as using balanced shapes to emphasize composure. If we want to express ourselves through flower arranging, we need to consider all the compositional factors, and then organize and arrange them according to the effect we want. Complex compositions can be messy, and beginners should use simple compositions more often.
The florist's vessel in an Eastern-style arrangement is one of the most important parts of the work. The combination of flowers and materials can be more vivid expression of the theme. In artistic flower arrangement, the flower vessel should firstly be able to hold water to keep the flowers alive; secondly, the flower vessel also plays an important role in the composition of the work and the creation of the mood.
Artistic flower arrangement is most concerned about the mood of the work, and there is almost no limit to the choice of flowers and flower containers. Ikebana composition focuses on three-dimensional and spatial sense, to leave a blank, in order to give people imaginative ` room. By matching and combining, artistic flower arrangement can organize very inconspicuous materials into works of art with elegant interest. This is the charm of flower arrangement.
Living room, put a bunch of bottles of flowers, can add elegance, quiet, comfortable feeling. Here we introduce you to a bottle of color-changing flowers, the objective existence of the weather can change its color, not in a fun.
Production method: a filter paper, the first filter paper in cobalt dichloride solution in a dip, remove and dry, this time the filter paper is blue. Then you can according to their own preferences, folding, cutting, sticking, the filter paper into a flower. Then stick the paper flowers onto bamboo sticks or wires and insert them into a vase to make a chic flower arrangement. Before it starts to rain, the air temperature is greater, the paper flower absorbs the moisture in the air, so that part of the cobalt dichloride stained on the paper reacts with water and becomes red cobalt dichloride hexahydrate so that there is a red, blue intersected by the purple color; rain in the air humidity is greater, more cobalt dichloride flower on the paper flower becomes cobalt dichloride hexahydrate, the paper flower will again show a rose-red color. Filter paper and cobalt dichloride solution are available at specialty stores.
The art of flower arranging can be categorized into several types of flower arranging vessels and combinations.
Bottle Ikebana, also known as vase flower arrangement, is a relatively old and common way of flower arrangement, people like to cut the flowers at the right time with red fruits and green leaves, inserted in the flower pots to decorate the room. This kind of flower arrangement due to the vase bottle height, the bottle mouth is small, so when inserted do not need Jianshan and flower mud, just put the flower branch can be, daily life flower arrangement is this kind of.
Potted flower arrangement, also known as potted flowers, that is, the use of water basin for flower arrangement, or the use of other similar to the water basin of shallow vessels for flower arrangement, due to the shallow container, the need to use the flower anvil, foam, pebbles and other fixtures in order to complete the work, and vase compared to the flowers, flowers are more difficult to be modeled, and then according to the shape of the flower, inserted with flowers and foliage.
Bonsai-style flower arrangement is the use of shallow pots to create a form of artistic flower arrangement, which utilizes the layout of the art of bonsai, so that the flower arrangement resembles a plant bonsai. This kind of flower arrangement is made by utilizing the branches of the flower arrangement. When making the water basin can be placed in some rocks as a background and embellishment.
Potted Art Ikebana is a potted plant and flowers and flowers artistically combined together for indoor decoration of a plant decorative art. The potted plants used are generally small indoor plants. Leafy plants, for example, although it is suitable for indoor viewing, but no colorful flowers and fruits, fresh flowers and fruits with branches inserted in the leafy plants potted plants, you can make it colorful up. In addition, some of the poor posture of indoor potted plants with brightly colored fruits and flowers to illustrate, but also to make their posture perfect.
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