snake grass arrangment.

Snake Grass Arrangement

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Inspiration

The images above inspired my design. I liked the idea of the snake grass which is bent with wires. but I also liked the idea of the willow and twigs that are around the flowers, I would use snake grass instead of the willow and twigs.  image1 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/320951910921470057/
image2 https://www.pinterest.com/pin/320951910921443509/

Sketching/Design

I drew a three different designs. I have decided that I am going to create the first design at the top of the page. I am going too use the snake grass which is going to be held together by cocktail sticks and the orange orchids are going to be glued on with cold glue.

final Images

This is a close up of the cocktail sticks that are holding the design together. I just pushed them through. The orchids were glued on.















This is my finished design I would have liked some more orchids on the frame.

Evaluation

I liked this design, however I would I have liked to have some more orchids around the top and bottom of the design. I would have also liked to have some china grass threaded through the design to bring another colour into the design. I would have also had put more cocktail sticks in to make the design more structured and less wobbly.

woodland funeral

Woodland Funeral Design

                                                                                                      

 Inspiration 

Most of the inspiration for my woodland design came from the image above. I wanted to create a spiral shape like the felt and leaves have done in this image. I found this image on line at https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/b5/90/d1/b590d135a73596cc65a38d9c44c42652.jpg

Sketches/Designs

For this design I decided that I wanted to make the spiral the main feature. I sketched two designs with spirals and one with out to see what the difference was. I also knew that I wanted to split the design in half and have one side different to another. I chose the design that I drew in the top left hand corner.

I decided to use cinnamon sticks to create the spirals. I cut the sticks in half to create different heights. This will help with define the depth with in the design. I then decided to use the bark and moss to create more texture.

Final Images

This is my final design. I used the cinnamon sticks to create the spiral and the bark and moss to cover the base.

I feel that the choice of using cinnamon sticks as the spiral was not wise as they blend in to the moss, but it does stand out more were the craspedia and the Kermit's are. Maybe the use of lighter moss or colour lining the shape would have been better.




I used three large orchids for the main placement on the right to bring the green through the design. I also used Kermit's to create the same effect on the bark. However the right hand side of the design has not yellow. A few craspedia heads would have fitted in well with the Kermit.
I also included some vines to link the orchids to the end of the heart. These vines could have been included around the spiral to help make it stand out.  

Evaluations

For this design I would change a few things such as the dark backgrounds I would have liked the moss and bark to be a little bit lighter. I would also highlight the spiral more as it was meant to be the focal point of the design. I would do this by adding more of an out line to the spiral or masking it thicker by using more cinnamon sticks or another material.
I also didn't cover the base of the design which would have been and added extra to make sure the coffin didn't get scratched.

twig funeral design

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 Inspiration

The two images above  are what gave me the inspiration for my design. I wanted the looseness of the twigs from the image on the left with the minimal usage of the flowers from the image on the right. Both these images were found on pintrest . image1: http://sphotos-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-snc7/387719_324035470960117_538598244_n.jpg Image2: http://www.flowerarranging.me.uk/design387.html

Sketches/Design

I designs three very different designs to make. The one on the right is a traditional coffin top with tulips, the bottom one is a wreath with tulips and wax flower and the top on is a tear drop with tulips and wax flower.
I decided that I liked the tear drop design best and that will be the one  would make.

Final images

 This is the start of my design. I used 7 pieces of willow and bound them together near the bottom with binding wire. I then looped the willow around and bound then in to place.

I then added 5 tulips and a stem of wax flower broken in to small pieces and weave them into the frame to create movement. The two pictures above and to the side are my finished design.

Evaluation

This design was very simple and the shape looks this its only the outline. The design could have done with some more pussy willow or twigs to make the design look more 3D. Also the design could have done with some more wax flower towards the to of the design as it stops half way up. I would also make sure the mechanics are more secure as they were wobbling when I moved the design.

Arrangment with corrugated cardboard

Inspiration

The images that are above and to the side  are where I got the inspiration for my design from. I wanted the bottom layer to come down over the pot like the design at the top.
I also liked the idea of having small flowers in between the corrugated cardboard like the two image that I have. As I was making the design I realised that the small flowers wouldn't be seen as the other flowers were quite large.

Sketches/Design

The ideas I had for this design were all very different. Two went over the design and one went above it.
 I decided that I was going to create the design that is on the left top hand corner. This has three sections to it and the materials work with in each section.

Final Images

This is my final design on the left. I used a hot glue gun to hold the corrugated cardboard in place. The cardboard was then glued on to canes to hold them at the right height.
Once I had got them in to place I then added the lily's, chins and kangaroo paw to complete the design.
 As you can see on the images below the materials that I used were incorporated with in the cardboard layers.
 The orange kangaroo paw add a dash of colour

 

Evaluation

For this design I would change a couple of things. I would start by making the layers bigger so the smaller ones at the top would not get lost with in the materials used. I would also make sure the ends of the corrugated cardboard are secured down as the lose edges look untidy.  I am very pleased with the balance of the white materials that I used. How ever I believe that I didn't quite get the balance of the orange right, if another kangaroo paw was added between the two white lily's at the top left of the design the orange would run through the design more freely.  



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

design for the Venue-Selby

My final Design

 

 

This is my final design for my chose venue which was the Venue-Selby. The venue is a heavy rock/ metal music venue. I thought the use of roses would be a good ideas as the often appear in rock images and the corrugated cardboard would look good especially next to the silver corrugated metal.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

weaved funeral design.

Weaved Funeral Design

Inspiration 

The designs above gave me great impartation for my design. Both designs have used the weaving at one side and another material at the other. The design on the left has a small placement which is over the centre were as the one on the right has a bigger placement. On my design I am going to have a larger placement like the design on the right.
Image on the left straight from the heart    image on right from pintrest https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/93/9b/89/939b896a678ea03f40ef6b8620c6df2e.jpg

Sketches/ Designs 

I did three different sketches of a design that I would like to use. This consists of putting the placements in different places and using different materials to cover the base.

I decided that  I was going to make the top left design as it uses a lot of different techniques and materials.



Final images

This is my finished design.
I decided to us aspidistra around one half of the design and the weaved china grass around the other. The aspidistra also covered the base in the centre and around the outside.
I then glued the orchids down one side with a tight cluster at the top with two weaved flower made from the china grass to bring the weaving through the design.
The image below shows the weaving that was done on the left hand side of the design. The weaving could have been neater towards the bottom as it got lose from adding new bits of china grass. Also the pins that I used to hold the china grass down could have been hidden a little bit better by putting them under the grass where I can.

This image is a close up of the tight placement at the top of the design. It also shows the weaved china grass flowers that I made to keep the china grass in the whole design. The centre of the china grass flowers could have done with been a little bit bigger as it fads in to the rest of the weaved china grass.

Evaluations 

For this design the contrast of the white orchids and the dark green aspidistra work particularly well together. The dark aspidistra also creates some depth around the placement as it acts like a shadow. As I said above the weaving of the china grass around the main part of the design could have done with been a bit tighter as it loses it towards the bottom of the design.
The weaving of the china grass flowers could also have done with been a little tighter and the centres could have be a bit bigger. The pinning of the leaves and china grass should have been done a little but more discretely because when you look closely at the placement you can see a lot of pins.