Draping course - Design principles in draping. - Balance

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Draping course - Balance in wall draping


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Good morning to everyone that loves #draping. I decided to write a series of blogs about design principles and element for decor and how it will tie in with draping a backdrop or gazebo. Let's first look at the difference between Principles and Elements.

WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE?

Elements of design are the raw ingredients while the principles of design provide the guidelines for the effective combination of these elements. 

Design principles                      Design Elements

•Colour                                       •Space

•Proportion                                 •Focus

•Scale                                        •Form

•Balance                                    •Line

•Rhythm                                     •Value   

•Emphasis

•Contrast

•Placement

•Budget

What is Balance?

The distribution of the visual weight of objects, colors, textures and space

Under the horizontal balance we get a Symmetrical balance and a Asymmetrical

balance

Symmetrical Balance

Assymetrical Balance

According to Dawn Smith balance is: "Imagine you are looking at a see-saw.  Two objects that are the same weight will balance the see saw.  One large object will balance with smaller objects. And in the middle is every combo you can think of; one larger object balances with a middle and a small object, two large objects on each side, etc. 

Balance is about the illusion of balance and there are three types; horizontal, vertical and radial." 

For this blog we are only going to look at Symmetrical and Assymetrical Balance. Here is a few examples of symmetrical balance:

The moment you can draw a line in the middle of the draping and each side is identical to the other we work with symmetrical balance.

It is much more difficult to get assymetrical draping and decor to look good. You need to keep in mind not only the draping but also the rest of the decor. As an example:

When we look at the above picture we can immediately see they have made use of asymmetrical balance. The balance here has been achieved well by making use of placement and the draping. The draping opens to one end, this adds weight to the look. By "'opening" the draping to opposite sides they balanced out the overall look. Additional balance was achieved by balancing the right hand flowers out with the left-hand flower plus cake. It's important to note that should you have taken away the cake the flowers on the left would not have the correct weight, or should one move the cake to the right, you would have all your weight on the right hand, meaning there is no balance.

In our second photo the weight would be better balanced if either the backdrop or table flowers were moved to the opposite side so they are able to balance each other out.

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