Christine de Beer - effortless floral craftsman
A Rock by any other Name...
- 25 February 2011
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Oasis Design 6
In geography, an oasis is a remote area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source.
In Floral design Oasis is basically the same thing.
It is a small block of floral foam that we use as a water source for plant material.
But as a contemporary designer there is so much more you can do with Oasis. Over the coming month I will explore and use Oasis (focusing mostly on Rainbow Oasis) in my designs and add a few tutorials as I go along.
My Oasis design series include: Prickly Oasis, my take on using Oasis as a water source, A Work of Heart, using Oasis to weigh down an underwater garland Hanging Garden Oasis in powder form, One Singular Sensation, carving pebbles, Crossing Boundaries, using Oasis to conceal mechanics and A Rock by any other Name.. for Oasis rocks
See below for the design links
It's not really what we call things that matter but what they are made of- in this design, it's made of all three types of Oasis and wool.
I carved the rocks to be slightly more pod shaped than rounded to emphasize the shape of the lily buds.
A Mikado Reed armature or grid placed over the rocks keeps the lilies nestled securely in a double half moon.
I made a very thin felt strip from wool to cover the test tubes with so that they blend and disappear into the design without distracting from the pod shapes.
“What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet”
William Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet)
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