Matching Your Flower Vases With Your Floral Arrangement
It is always nice to have fresh-cut flowers in a room. Flowers liven and brighten up a room, and their scent can give a room a very pleasant allure. The beautifying effect of flowers in a room could be further enhanced by the flower vase wherein these blooms are put. Flowers and flower vases always go together both for practical and for aesthetic purposes, but the wrong match between flower and flower vase will defeat this purpose and ruin the effect.
A flower vase should always complement the flowers for which it serves as a vessel. The beauty of the flowers should never be paired with a flower vase that is too colorful or too decorative, or else they will clash and hurt the eyes. After all, in any flower arrangement, the flowers are the star of the show and never the vase. The rule that all florists follow in making flower arrangements is that the flower arrangement and the flower vase that contains it should always complement or contrast but definitely be in harmony with one another. Harmony, after all, is the element that brings all forms of art together.
Therefore, whenever you are in the mood for fresh-cut flowers, consider how best to display the flowers in a way that will bright out their beauty even further before you stick them into a vase. Some people simply put the flowers in whatever vase they can find and totally wasting the flowers away.
The height of the flower arrangement should always be proportional to the flower vase that will serve as its receptacle. Always remember that tall flower arrangements, containing flowers will long stems and long petals, should always be matched to tall flower vases. The reverse, of course, applies as well. To give you some sort of idea on how proportions work on flower arrangements and flower vases, when the flower arrangement is placed inside its vase, its resulting height should be taller than the original height of the flower arrangement by around one-half or two-thirds of this original height.
A flower vase should never fight the flower arrangement it carries for attention; as stated above, the vase should complement the flowers it contains. Thus, a good flower vase is one that is muted or neutral when it comes to colors. The colors of a vase should be light and solid, such as white, cream or pale pastel, and these colors should help bring out the beauty of the flowers. Patterns are all right for vases as long as they do not take the attention away from the flower arrangement.
Ceramic and glass vases that are too brightly tinted, crystal vases that have too bold a pattern in their designs, or cut glass vases that are too exquisite to look at are not meant to hold flowers. They are meant to be displayed for their own beauty.
The shape of the flower vase also matters when matching a flower arrangement with a flower vase. There are roughly four categories of flower vases when it comes to the shape.
The traditional flower vases are those whose mouths are wider than the base. They are meant to hold a profusion of blooms. The flower arrangement that such traditional flower vases should contain must be abundant enough to fill the mouth of the vase.
Cylindrical flower vases are vases that are often tall and with straight sides. These kinds of vases are lovely with long-stemmed roses and tulips, a perfect match for these slender flowers.
Flat flower vases are often low and wide, similar to a bowl. They are the ones you can often find on coffee tables or corner tables. This type of vase is great if you are the type who cuts flowers close to the receptacle and lets them float in water to make them last longer.
Bottle flower vases are vases with a narrow mouth and a fluted body. They are perfect for holding delicate flowers that do not bloom in mass profusion, such as cherry blossoms. Such vases are often very graceful, as graceful as the flowers they usually hold.
It always pays to have a different assortment of flower vases stored in your home so that you would not have to worry much about matching flowers with the appropriate flower vases. Many department stores sell cheap but nice-looking flower vases, and they can work well with your flowers. There is nothing to stop you, however, if you want to go for the expensive Murano glass vases or any kind of decorative vase, as long as they do not clash with your flowers.
If you are going to collect flower vases, however, make sure that the ones you are using with cut flowers are always kept clean. Flower vases can be breeding pools for bacteria and they can harm not just your flowers but you as well.
Ancient Greek Vases
With the renewed interest in do-it-yourself crafts that can be easily made it home, ancient Greek pottery has undergone a renaissance. Ancient Greek vases were, for many years, relegated to the dusty back rooms of museums. They were appreciated by professionals, but by few other people. Mostly, folks saw them as a historical curiosity. Nowadays, however, more and more people are seeing the wisdom of combining decorative and aesthetic function. The ancient Greeks knew this, but modern man forgot it for a while. The modernist aesthetic has always had an emphasis on stripped-down, functional forms. To get past this sometimes bland and dull way of decorating, it makes sense to turn to ancient arts.
Most people have seen pictures of ancient Greek vases before, but few have actually stopped to study them up close. In many ways, Greek ancient vases are not much different from the art of many other old societies. Rather than simply being made to contain water, grain, or whatever else, they also serve a narrative function. They would contain pictures of battles, fantastic retellings of mythology, or other similar motifs. The artwork would be regular and formulaic, but it also would have an elegant style and an exquisite attention to detail. As a decorative touch, it would add music and color to the day-to-day lives of ordinary people in an age before the invention of television and radio.
Most of the people who are interested in ancient Greek vases today are not interested in them so much for scholarly reasons, but rather for decorative ones. There are many different ways to incorporate ancient Greek art into your daily life. A lot of people like to buy a replica ancient Greek vases to adorn their households. You can find ones that are reasonably priced, and reasonably durable. Even better, you can make your own reproduction. There is no need to try to make an ancient Greek vase in an authentic style either. The important thing about ancient art and culture is what we can take from it in the present. If you can find a way to get decorative ideas from ancient artworks and make them your own, more power to you. All you have to do is learn a few basic things about clay working And painting, and you can begin to make your own decorative pots. You can even print pictures out off of the Internet and trace them on by making stencils.
Royal Copenhagen Vase
World-renowned for making some of the most exquisite creations in porcelain manufacturing, Royal Copenhagen has perfected artistic excellence when it comes to fashioning some of the word’s most remarkable conceptions of pure porcelain magnificence. From its classic collection of when it first touched the lives of so many households in1775, such as the elite Blue Fluted and Flora Danica dinner service sets, to its countless superb creations of human and animal figurines, as well as its majestic porcelain gift items suited to brighten up any home, Royal Copenhagen has indeed made a big impression in the industry of porcelain making.
Today, Royal Copenhagen continuously manufactures some of the most prestigious, renowned, and most exquisite porcelain designs and styles, from the classics to the more high-tech and more elaborate porcelain creations, it has only strengthened its growth and advancement and kept its popularity at the top.
Royal Copenhagen vases are among the gift series of the manufactory that has brought joy to people’s homes. The new series of vases come in one size with an oval shape from the designer’s founded inspiration in an egg, symbolizing new life, and naming the collection Lifeline. These Royal Copenhagen vase series also facets side decorations of small eggs, in line with its clean style, with its adornments resting tastefully in the vase’s shape. The vase, once blended with the same line of candlesticks, creates a colorful and beautiful relationship between dark and light on the exterior, leaving an impression of surface in motion.
The artist of this remarkable Royal Copenhagen vase collection is Maria Torstensson, who has combined her personal visual language with the centuries of porcelain experiences of Royal Copenhagen, continuing to remain in the authentic design and elegant quality that the company is world famous for, and at the same time addressing the younger generations taste; the outcome, a fresh and thrilling design that rests on older traditions. The Lifeline vase collection comes in colors of royal blue, medium blue, light blue, and ice blue.
The porcelain’s everlasting designs and simple exquisiteness marked in every Royal Copenhagen vase make it an artistic and elegant addition to every home. The contemporary years in Royal Copenhagen manufactory have brought on a look on the younger generation with its porcelain designs, opening an opportunity for the younger age group to take one of these outstanding collections and make it a part of their homes.
I’m thrilled to be your companion on this exciting journey through the world of home decor and design. With a passion for turning houses into homes and a keen eye for the finer details, I’m here to help you transform your living spaces into beautiful, functional, and meaningful havens.
