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Tuesday, 13 September 2016

Draping course - Design principles in draping - Emphasis

Design principles in draping - Emphasis

Our blog focuses on providing up to date info and ideas on the latest news and trends in the events industry. We want to inspire our students and our clients across the country and even around the world to create and inspire the most exquisite events and weddings dreams are made of. For information on our latest courses and specials visit our website www.ectaint.com or follow the links to Draping, Wedding Planning and Decor courses. We offer in-class, correspondence and for our internet addicted students, online. Enrol today! For our video tutorials, please click here!

A few interesting facts on focus and emphasis.

According to Anabel Damstrom emphasis is:

"SOMETHING T‍HAT IS SINGLED OUT OR MADE MORE PROMINENT HAS EMPHASIS. AN ELEMENT OF A DESIGN THAT DOMINATES OR BECOMES THE CENTER OF INTEREST HAS EMPHASIS." (BEAR FOCUS ON THIS • EMPHASIS AND THE PRINCIPLES AND ELEMENTS OF DESIGN) THE GOAL OF EMPHASIS IS TO DRAW MORE ATTENTION TO AN ELEMENT THAN IT WOULD HAVE ON ITS OWN. THE RANGE OF EMPHASIS IS BASED IN CONTRAST. THE GREATER THE CONTRAST ONE ELEMENT HAS TO THE SURROUNDING ELEMENTS, THE GREATER THE EMPHASIS (PORTER).

According to Flyeschool the difference between Emphasis and Focal point: "Emphasis is created by visually reinforcing something we want the viewer to pay attention to. Focal points are areas of interest the viewer's eyes skip to." SOMETIME THE EMPHASIS CAN ALSO BE THE FOCUS!

According to the blog of Dawn Smith - Elements of design in Party Decor:

"Emphasis is the stressing element of your party design. One way of achieving emphasis is by creating a focal point. Your party table should ideally only have one, but it can't just be there all alone, everything else should support it. It can be the largest, brightest, or most complex part of the whole. It gets special attention because it stands out. The clemetines on this photo is an excellent sample."

The challenge is - how do we bring in emphasis on draping. By doing the unexpected! A few examples of Mandap draping with a emphasis on something special.

Normally you will put the emphasis on a specific theme, color or something of value to you like a photograph or art piece. In Indian weddings the emphasis is a lot on the seats for the bride and groom and ultimately the emphasis will be on the bride and groom.

Want to learn more? Attend one of our draping courses! Our practical courses are now approved by the SAACI Academy! If you want a discount on your draping course we would encourage you to become a member of SAACI. All of their members do get a discount from ECTA.For detail on membership go to http://www.saaci.org/?page=membershipcategories.

Contact info@ectaint.com or phone or wattsapp 0824416394 for more information.

Photo and Info credits:

http://dawnypoo.blogspot.co.za/2012/01/tuesday-tip-elements-of-design-in-party.html#.V9fT_vl97IU

http://www.indianweddingbuzz.com/indian-wedding-decorations-10-trendy-themes-know/

http://weddingz.in/real-weddings/

https://605.wikispaces.com/Emphasis+or+Focal+Point

http://flyeschool.com/content/emphasis-dominance-and-focal-point

Draping course - Design principles in draping. - Balance

Draping course - Design principles in draping!

Draping course - Balance in wall draping

Our blog focuses on providing up to date info and ideas on the latest news and trends in the events industry. We want to inspire our students and our clients across the country and even around the world to create and inspire the most exquisite events and weddings dreams are made of. For information on our latest courses and specials visit our website www.ectaint.com or follow the links to Draping, Wedding Planning and Decor courses. We offer in-class, correspondence and for our internet addicted students, online. Enrol today! For our video tutorials, please click here!

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.

Photo Credits:

http://dawnypoo.blogspot.co.za/2012/01/elements-of-design-in-party-decor.html#.V9e4lPl97IU

Thursday, 12 May 2016

Draping course feedback

Draping course feedback

I love positive feedback from our clients!

Hi Juandrí

Thank you so much for your email. We are so proud of Martie J and her achievements. She could not stop sharing with us about what she learned on the course.

Thank you so much for your excellent training skills J and allowing Martie to enjoy herself and be herself.

We look forward to her next training with ECTA Student Centre in December.

Kind Regards,

Theresa Ely-Felino

PA to Investment Team

Friday, 16 October 2015

Online Draping course - How to do bohemian draping

Our blog focuses on providing up to date info and ideas on the latest news and trends in the events industry. We want to inspire our students and our clients across the country and even around the world to create and inspire the most exquisite events and weddings dreams are made of. For information on our latest courses and specials visit our website www.ectaint.com or follow the links to Draping, Wedding Planning and Decor courses. We offer in-class, correspondence and for our internet addicted students, online. Enrol today! For our video tutorials, please click here!

For us to be able to do a bohemian draping we must first understand what Bohemian fabric is and what the different ways is to do a bohemian draping for a wedding. What is Bohemian clothing and fabric: Let's read about it a little bit...
http://hubpages.com/hub/BohoTheFashionHistoryofBohemianClothes

200 Years of Boho

Bohemian style has, for over 200 years, been an exotic alternative to the accepted fashions of a given period. Generally associated with artists, writers, and intellectuals, bohemian culture incorporates various ethic clothing styles, as well as historical costume.

Bohemian style consists of loose, colorful clothing and has been known as boho chic, hippie style, and Aesthetic dress. With their long flowing hair and rich, though threadbare fabrics, bohemians stand out in a crowd representing a colorful counterculture based on creativity, poverty, and an indifference to social structures and traditions.

Elements of Bohemian Style

Bohemian style, now referred to as boho chic, has come down through history, reappearing as beatnik style and in the hippie culture of the 1960s. For 200 years, bohemian style has consisted of several fashion elements.

Loose, flowing clothing made of natural fabrics

Less restrictive garments worn without corsets, bras or other restrictive elements

Loose, flowing hair

Colorful scarves worn at the neck, on the head, or instead of a belt

Peasant style clothing including tunics, loose trousers, boots, and sandals

Used or worn clothing

Oriental elements including robes, kimonos, and the ethnic designs of Persia, India, Turkey, and China

Mixing historical elements of medieval clothing with ethnic styles

Layering

Matching of garments in a nontraditional manner, such as mixing prints, or unusual color combinations

Multi strands of beads, several bangle bracelets, and the wearing of unusual, hand crafted, or unmatched jewelry

Large dangle or large hoop earrings

Broad brimmed hats

Patched clothing

Paisley, flowered fabrics, ruffles, lace edged sleeves

A general disregard for tidiness and uniformity of dress

A look of contrived dishevelment

When we read the above article we can see definite words being used to describe Bohemian... Words like dishevelment, Patched clothing, Paisleys, nontraditional, unusual, peasant style, colorful and natural.

How on earth can we bring those words into a draping that you do for a wedding. Remember that you must always pull the theme through out the wedding. If you decide on dishevelment, patched, colorful then that must be seen in your ceremony, reception, cake etc.

What type of material can I use for a Bohemian draping? Short answer: mix and match, colorful, mismatched, natural material.

Here is a few types of materials that you can use:

Mexican

Ikat

Indian

Najavo

Tribal

Aztek

Paisley

Old scarves

Vintage materials and Sari's

The biggest thing you need to remember when you want to do a bohemian draping is that you don't have to have all the different fabrics and the ones that you do have must be hanged in a non traditional, mis matched way.

Here are a few examples of the use of bohemian draping in weddings.

Fabric strips: If you use a natural type of material like a cotton then it is easy to tear the material into strips. If you are using a thicker material it is best to cut the materials into strips. Hang the strips in an unorganised way over a pole, rope or tree.

Draping over trees. If the venue where you are getting married, has big trees on the property you can definitely consider to use the tree as an arch. You can then throw the draping material over the trees. Remember that it is definitely better to use natural material for such a draping.

Draping between trees. If you want a definite bohemian vibe at your wedding chose a venue that have lots of tree on it. You can then either tie a rope between trees and do your draping then between the trees like these examples. The other options is to put your gazebo's or pipe and drape between the trees and drape on them. I would not recommend pipe and drape between trees because there is a definite risk in the pipe and drape falling over and hurt one of your guests.

If you want to break away from fabric draping you can think about just using flowers for your arch etc or you can use a macrame as a backdrop or arch.

Loose draping over an arch made with branches. The most important thing to do this type of draping is the fact that you must use a light and whimsical type of material that will blow in the wind. Think about wimsical or fairy tale... With this type of draping, you can use lots of flower or even no flowers.

Don't you have an arch? Follow this tutorial and make one for your wedding: http://www.bridecraft.com/branch-wedding-arch.html

Can't you find the right material on a shoe string budget? Here is a tutorial that will show you how to make your own ikat printed material. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcgsiLRgyds&feature=youtu.be

Events greetings

Marieta

For more info on our online draping course email info@ectaint.com

Photo's from the following sites:

http://www.thechildatheartblog.com/how-to-paint-ikat-patterns/#_a5y_p=4011930

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/400398223100105204/

https://www.pinterest.com/explore/navajo-fabric/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/537195061781961999/

http://www.100layercake.com/blog/2013/09/18/romantic-bohemian-wedding-inspiration/

http://designsbyhemingway.com/rentals/structures/

http://weddbook.com/media/2057245/bohemian-wedding-outdoor-ceremony-reception-ideas-pinterest

http://blog.weddingwire.com/tag/jackson-wright-photography/