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Balance – Principle of flower design
As the new year kicks in many of us focus on our wish to bring more balance to our lives. Finding balance between work, family, friends, spiritual, health and our list goes on, Life seems to be a constant balancing act between giving focus to the different elements of our lives and we soon discover and hopefully accept it is not possible to evenly give to all at once. However balance can be achieved within a flower arrangement or design and in fact it needs to be in order for it to be pleasing to ones eye. Our designs require two types of balance one being physical (actual) and the other being visual.
Balance is a Principle of universal design and one we use within Floristry. It refers to a design’s visual and actual weight distribution. Visual balance is achieved by correct use of the elements of design. For example if a light coloured container is used for a large dark coloured arrangement the design would give the appearance of being top heavy.
Actual balance is achieved by physically distributing the materials so the arrangement or object will not fall over. A top-heavy arrangement in a thin, small vase will fall over – it is not balanced.
Overall design balance is present when both the visual and physical aspects of balance are successfully achieved.
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