If you are looking for a "textbook" in flower arranging, yet are enough of a beginner that simple explanations are the most helpful, this book is for you. It not only shows how to arrange flowers in a variety of designs, but also explains materials, basic concepts and aesthetic "schools."
It is large and the color photographs show step by step detail. The text is substantial and explains not only the usage and choice of flowers, etc., but also features highlighted boxes of text which give complimentary information. The central aesthetic goals of different styles of flower design are very well described.
This is the sort of book which not only teaches the reader to create a variety of designs detailed in the book, but also allows the reader not only to vary the design details according to his/her own environment. In addition, the reader can use the material to create her/his own designs.
An excellent book for a fledgling flower arranger like myself.
It is large and the color photographs show step by step detail. The text is substantial and explains not only the usage and choice of flowers, etc., but also features highlighted boxes of text which give complimentary information. The central aesthetic goals of different styles of flower design are very well described.
This is the sort of book which not only teaches the reader to create a variety of designs detailed in the book, but also allows the reader not only to vary the design details according to his/her own environment. In addition, the reader can use the material to create her/his own designs.
An excellent book for a fledgling flower arranger like myself.
