Enter Your Underwater Arrangement Here
Please enter one UNDERWATER ARRANGEMENT per entrant, see Underwater arrangement guidelines below
Your arrangement should be an interpretation of the Picasso, Jacqueline with Flowers, 1956 painting.
Take your photo head-on, from 3 feet away, with a solid color backdrop and tabletop.
Download your photo, into the correct class, Novice, Junior, Senior or Advanced Senior.
Make sure your member number is saved on the photo JPG example, arrangement26.jpg, (26 being the member number). You add your number when you are saving your photo as an attachment “save as”.
All entries must be received by Wednesday, April 15 at 10 AM, you can enter the arrangement at any time before the 4/15 10am deadline.
Good Luck!
UNDERWATER ARRANGEMENTS
An underwater design must have some or all of its components, including plant material, visible underwater.
Underwater designs may submerge only a part or parts of the arrangement. The amount of plant material submerged is dictated by the design principle of proportion.
Plant material should be assembled in the container before adding water. Upon completion, all materials in and out of water should appear as a unified design. If transporting to a show, water should be added when the arrangement is in place. It is important that all components are pristine. Add water close to the level of the rim unless the design is enhanced with another height. The water line becomes part of the design and is distracting if poorly placed. Your mechanics should not be visible. Often a small weight such as a fishing sinker, marble or rock attached to fishing line is used to anchor plant material underwater. Water and glass have a wonderful and unique way of distorting a design and can give an additional, and sometimes unexpected, dimension.
Containers: Usually clear glass and any shape, but a circular container provides the best effect. You may use more than one.
Plant material: This is the major challenge for the arranger. Tropical flowers such as anthuriums, birds of paradise, and heliconia work well. Also lilies, roses, evergreens and citrus are good choices.
A note about using daffodils-the choice you make can make a huge difference. Pick fresh blooms with a lot of substance and turgor. The fresher the bloom, the better it will hold up underwater. Lacey or crepey textures will fall apart under water, so test your plant material first to make sure it can withstand being underwater. Fortunately in a virtual show, it won’t have to last long!
Complete your entry form
2. Upload your photo
Please make sure you label your photo with your Member # prior to uploading it. Please click the button below to upload your photo into the proper class.