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Focal point

This is sometimes termed the ' Target,' ' Highlight,' the ' Heart,' of thedesign, the 'Accent,' it is the centre of interest in an arrangement. It is thepoint in the design where all the stems unite, and the place where the mostimportant material should be placed. Important, I mean, either for size,colour, dominance or texture.

Scale

Scale is also important and materials should be chosen so that they arerelated in size, not only to each other, but to the container and background.It would be incongruous to place Lilies of the Valley with a large Dahlia.Similarly, a large incurved Chrysanthemum used as focal interest in a narrownecked vase would be out of scale, whereas the same bloom placed low in alarge round flat plate would be in scale.

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