The Art of Flower Arrangement Series: Proper Instruments Needed

One of the top secret in flower arrangement is the use of proper instruments.  These are some of the instruments and their expected quality in order to facilitate effectiveness and efficiency in flower arrangement. The most important one is the scissors. There are different kind of  scissors in the market and they have also their own different uses. There is what we called a florist scissors, its a special kind of scissors made for trimming flowers and leaves. It almost look like a pliers but with a blade instead of the pliers' nose. It is designed so much so that it  can cut even hard stems. Then your sprayers,for rehydrating your flowers specially those that needs moisture like the roses. Then your floral foam. Floral foam are green or grey or sometimes black crumbly textured foam but firm whichbis use in flower arrangement. These foams are soaked in water overnight to let it get enough water that will sustain your arrangement. You also need some thin wires,these wires are available in flower shops or flower markets. These are used or inserted on the stems of hollow-stemed flowers such as daises to support it.  Some arrangement specially the ikebana you will need the circular mounting blocks or the pin blocks instead of the floral fiams. Of course different kinds if vases depending on the arrangement you want to make.

The vessels used in flower arrangement varies depending on how you want your arrangement will look and depending in where you are to put them. While in ikebana, customarily the vessels used in this arrangements are limited in shape,size and design. Use varying methods of arrangement for a banquet or a conference to transmit the difference in feeling. If you want to recall a ga den setting you can use candles and bamboo sticks for example. Or if you want to create a romantic atmosphere in your dining room you can op to dimmer light and candles. And if you want to recall "home" you can include in your arrang men some miniature boat, a bridge,house set, fishes,etc.

Coming up:tips in making arrangment proper.