Contemporary Funeral Heart - 13/10/11

Personally, so far this has to been one of my favorite pieces to construct.

In this design the use of polynet mesh was to be encorporated. 

This was done by pinning the mesh with mossing pins (german pins) in to the actual base of the foam (n.b  A Smithers Oasis heart foam frame was used), to enable full coverage.  Ensuring that the pins were hidden when the material was scrunched and tucked in to produce a nice even finish.







I also decided to encorporate some of the mesh material in through the design for added texture and movement.

For my design i decided to group the main focal flowers in twos or threes, these were the lime green carnation blooms

and the small white Akito roses.

The Gypsophilia 'Million Stars' and Crysthanthemum 'Delianne' I also grouped together to break up the design and give some texture.  Moss was then used to fill any spaces of oasis that i may have showing and to add another texture in to the heart, which is shown in the picture below.

Finally, ivy trails were incorporated to add fluidity and movement to the design.

This was an enjoyable piece to construct and I would have been very pleased to have receive this, not only at a time of sorrow, but feel that this design could easily be adapted with choice of flowers and colour, to be received at any time.