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Spicing up your supermarket flower bouquets and adding an oriental aesthetic to it. If you get tired and don’t feel excited about the flowers you buy from a supermarket. Here are some ideas and tips to share.
I bought the bunch of Sweet Williams for £2 from Sainsbury’s.
There are a number of reasons why I chose it: it is the cheapest bunch of summer flowers, it is grown locally in the UK, and it gave me a challenge to use this humble bunch of flowers that would never be the first choice for an oriental flower arrangement. The colours and patterns would be considered to be too intense and too dense.
Choosing the right vessel
Choose a container or vase which will convey the theme you are hoping to achieve. In this case, I wanted to create a meadow theme with an oriental aesthetic. So I choose this low and flat bamboo basket. It will make the arrangement look more airy and natural growing and will better display the length of the flower’s stem.
Pay attention to other parts of the flower
When conveying an oriental aesthetic in flower arrangements you should inspect each individual flower, also considering the stem and leaves. Oriental flower arrangements or Ikebana tends to use only a few flowers, so I will select the best looking ones out of the bunch.
Imagine how the flowers grow in nature
When you look at an individual flower, think about how it would grow in nature. You want to mimic the behaviour of a plant’s growth when you are arranging it. This gives you a guideline on how to best place the flowers.
Set a center point
The first thing is setting a center point, for here start placing flowers progressively outwardly. Usually the center of an arrangement is the highest point when the composition is completed. In this example the center point is not a peak, because a meadow is grassland and fairly uniform in height, so I did not apply this principle, instead a horizontal view is emphasised.
Spacing
It is crucial to think about the flowers relate to one another, carefully considering how best to place the next flower in the arrangement. You are creating floral art for appreciation and considered spacing key in achieving this. Considered spacing gives the arrangement a flow and allows it to come alive.
Adding Textures
Adding different plants or natural materials into an arrangement adds layers of complexity. Here I have added some meadow grasses to help complete the composition.
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