Lets go Modern this week with some striking Sunflowers

Lets learn to make a stunning modern floral design with this step by step tutorial aimed at beginners or those with a little experience. 🌿
In today's video, I'll demonstrate a stunning sunflower arrangement using some supermarket sunflowers and garden foliage. Instead of a traditional design you'll learn how to create a more modern feel with negative space, grouping and blocking of flowers. Follow along as I share tips and techniques for achieving a this very unusual style. 💐
Ideal for both beginners and seasoned florists, this tutorial covers essential techniques for achieving a balanced and eye-catching design and uses Fibrefloral by Oasis as a more sustainable design 🌿🌸
💐 Key Learnings:
-How to create an arrangement using groupings and negative space.
-How to use a more sustainable and environmentally friendly foam
-Techniques for creating asymmetry.
-How to use garden grown flowers and foliage.
🛒Products/Items Used:
Basket
Fibrefloral foam
Sunflowers
Montbretia/Crocosmia
Acer
Fatsia
Golden Asparagus Fern
Bark to cover the foam
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[@L-wi1wq]

Thank you Sharon❤
The design was amazing when Fatsia was in the front l really love it.❤❤❤

[@carolc4016]

Incredible how you create something so beautiful from so few flowers, those sunflowers without petals look like a solar eclipse

[@sharondower]

Thank you so much 😊Thats such a lovely complement

[@susansmithson-rh4mn]

Very different love the textures

[@sharondower]

Thank you

[@HulyaDemir-e6c]

Teşekkürler sharon👍👏👋🌺

[@sharondower]

thank you too

[@ilona_rose_florals]

Really like this one Sharon , love the lines and space .

[@sharondower]

I think you would be great at this style, its like a larger version of your Ikebana inspired arrangements

[@ctpingcr]

Sharon. I love it. Thank you for inspiring me how to use less flowers but still can make a big arrangement. And the tips to cover the oasis. ❤

[@sharondower]

You are so welcome, I'm glad you enjoyed, thanks for watching

[@margaretmay7912]

Loved this contemporary design, I always grow sunflowers so will save ideas.
Love the basket, so handy to transport.

[@sharondower]

This is a really handy shape because I can arrange in so many different shapes.

[@BottlegardenUK]

I’m two minutes in and my mouth is watering for a Black Forest gateaux!!
I was deeply unprepared for this.
😆

[@sharondower]

The power of suggestion 🤣

[@josephinegould1720]

Great arrangement Sharon, beautiful Acer, hope hubby didn’t notice. Good tip to use bark or stones to cover oasis in a modern design, I’ll remember that in future. Thank you.

[@sharondower]

I love bark as it gives such a lovely texture to arrangements and is really versatile

[@joanmuldrew3841]

That's an interesting design Sharon. Whats the widest you can come out on either side and how do you know this, or rather how do you know when to stop? Interesting the way the flowers are slightly on their sides, and you don't get that visual impact, I guess this is only in Contemporary designs? I'm cautions about placing materials in on a slant as they often look as your design is falling over. I guess experiences is required for doing this. Thanks I really love this one. You have used your materials very well.

[@sharondower]

This is where you need to apply the 3:5:8 rule, find a measurement, for example the length of the basket and multiply by the number on the Fibonacci sequence. You don't need to face flowers forward in any type of arranging not just contemporary, Flowers in nature don't all face forward, we turn flowers to create less visual impact and to make your eye move through the arrangement from small to large. Hope that helps