New Dimensions in Floral Design

NEW DIMENSIONS IN FLORAL DESIGN is an all encompassing book of floral design covering the art of flower arrangement from 600 B.C. to today. It is a complete textbook for the beginning arranger as well as for flower show judges & instructors. Text covered in this book includes the history of flower arranging including all of the Period Arrangements followed by American Contemporary design from 1900-20th Century with step by step illustrations of Geometric Designs of Line, Mass & Mass-Line designs. Floral creativity today & for the future with illustrations of 17 different types of floral design is emphasized, including 114 arrangement photos in color & 115 line drawings. All Elements, Principles & Attributes of design are easily explained giving the reader a thorough understanding of floral design with basic steps showing how to create floral design. The chapters on creativity include Free Form & Abstract designs of many exciting types. A complete guide to plant conditioning & point scoring comments for students & judges in Standard Flower Shows is included. This is a real workbook for flower arrangers. A 45 minute floral video with the same title is available with entirely new designs in full color & music background.Miller, Marie S. is the author of 'New Dimensions in Floral Design' with ISBN 9780960642403 and ISBN 0960642404.