Basic Design "At Home With Flowers"

UNIT 5 Creative Design, part one    What to Bring to Class

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Suggested Materials for Unit 5 - Creative Design

Your choices of:

Mechanics and tools

  • clippers

  • wire cutters

  • florist  tape

  • needlepoint holders

  • pin cups

  • scissors

  • "stickum"

  • floral foam

  • water tubes

  • floral wire

Aspidistra leaves
Artichokes (fresh or dried)
Aucuba
Carnations
Dried Hydrangeas
Equisetum
garlic pods
gourds (large, odd-shaped)
grasses
Mums (medium-large, any color)
Okra pods
Nandina
Papyrus
Philodendron leaves
Sanseveria
Vines (grape, honeysuckle, etc.)
Ting ting

Wheat
Tropical or exotic materials
Anthurium
Bamboo
Banksia
Crotons
Driftwood
Palm leaves
Palm spathes
Philodendron selloum
Protea
Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise)
Containers

Anything that suits your fancy and will be suitable for your plant material. Look for the unusual. It can be something handmade.

Bases

Only if needed to tie together the design.

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