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Line Systems in Floral Design
A crucial distinction between the individual line as an element and the governing system by which multiple lines are organised across an entire composition.
“Designing with lines means working with individual materials; designing with a line system means establishing the structural logic of the entire composition.”
An individual line - a stem, a branch - is an element. A system of lines is a higher-order compositional logic: radial, parallel, diagonal, winding, overlapping, or free. These systems are not descriptions of individual stems but of the governing geometric principle that organises the whole design. Designing with lines means working with individual materials; designing with a line system means establishing the structural logic of the composition itself.
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