Transcript Floral Design Tools

FLORAL DESIGN TOOLS
Ms. Lacross
Ag II
PRUNING SHEARS
- Used to cut woody stems (bushes / tree limbs)
- Sharp blade is a must
FLORAL KNIVES
- Primary use is for cutting stems.
- Two choices: folding knives and paring knives
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Must be kept sharp
FLORIST SHEARS
 Recommended over scissors
 Cut through plant material with out pinching the
stem
 Can be used to cut florist wire
RIBBON SCISSORS
- Have a long sharp
blade
- Used to cut ribbon,
netting and fabric
- Never used to cut
wire or stems
UTILIT Y SCISSORS
- Used for trimming paper, leaves and other
materials
FLORAL FOAM
- Provides support and stability for the stem
- Crushes easily and DOES NOT return to form
- If you place a stem in the foam incorrectly and
need to remove it the foam in that area can not be
used again.
OASIS (FLORAL FOAM)
- Holds water for fresh flowers
- Available in easy to cut bricks
- Can be cut to fit any container
- Should be soaked prior to use
DRY FOAM
- Like Styrofoam
- Used for dry or silk flowers
- will NOT hold water
- Available in brown
WATER PROOF TAPE
- Comes in widths of ½ and ¼ of an inch
-Comes in green, white, and clear
-Used to secure floral foam into a container
ANCHOR PIN
- Plastic four pronged pin
- used to anchor oasis to the bottom of a
container
- used to anchor candles or other
materials to the floral foam
PAN MELT GLUE
- Adhesive that can be used to secure floral
foam to a container
- Heat packets of pan melt glue in a glue skillet
- Pan heats glue to 275 degrees
- When you finished with the glue allow the pan
to cool (we do not remove the glue)
GREENING PIN
- 2 pronged pin with an s on top
- used to secure moss and other materials
to floral foam
WATER TUBE
- Plastic tube with a rubber top
- “Hole” in the center is where the stem is pushed
through
- Holds water for flowers who will be out of water for a
while
WOOD PICK
- Narrow piece of wood with a wire attached at
the top
- used for wreaths and to attach non floral
materials to arrangements
- can be used to lengthen stems
- how to
FOIL
- Used to wrap pots or line baskets
- One color on one side and silver on the
other
- comes in a variety of colors
FLORIST WIRE
- Sold in 18 inch lengths
- Comes on paddles as well
- Is available in different thicknesses (gauges)
- Used to wire stems and for corsages
FLORIST TAPE
- Paper coated tape with paraffin or wax
- Available in ½ or 1 in widths
- Sticks to its self
- “glue” is activated by the heat of your fingers
RIBBON
- May be satin, cotton, silk or paper
- Ribbons are ordered by number, each number
corresponding to a different width
- Example:
- #1 = 5/16 inch
- #16 = 1 7/8 inch
#3 = 5/8 th inch
# 100 = 3 7/8 inch
CORSAGE / BOUTONNIERE PINS
- used to attach floral work to clothing
- corsage pins are longer than boutonniere pins