Sculpture with House Plants

Have you ever thought that you could use sculpture not only as an accessory to flower arrangements but with house plants? You’ll find new, exciting ways to enjoy indoor plants when you do. However, don’t be misled into buying the sort of figurine that is bric-a-brac rather than sculpture, or you may find that it is like a popular song… something with a certain obvious charm which attracts for the moment but which will soon bore you so that you discard it. Fine sculpture is like good music. You can return to it again and again, discovering subtleties and endless surprises each time it is approached.

Advances in techniques make it possible the reproduction of good sculpture with such amazing fidelity that not only are the lines of the original duplicated exactly, but by hand finishing, the texture and color are sensitively recaptured.

Use them with your house plants to embellish your home, and enrich your life with the enjoyment of their possession.

Choose House Plants That Will Complement Good Sculpture

Using plants with sculpture is as old as time, for it has always been done, but using house plants specifically chosen to go with particular pieces of sculpture is a fresh, stimulating idea, one which will pay dividends for the thought and care exercised in the choice and placement of the plants.

However, be sure to use really good pieces of sculpture; don’t saddle yourself with gimcracks which in the end prove more expensive because you tire of them and discard them. Instead, select from among the many classic and modern reproductions chosen from the world’s greatest museums and from private collections.

Take Care In Placing Your Plants

Some sculpture is adaptable to either modern or traditional rooms; some looks best with one or the other, but all sculpture is more appealing when accompanied by some sort of living plant material. This is especially true if the plants are chosen with discrimination so that both plants and sculpture are enhanced by association. Equally vital is the proper placement of plants, for upon this depends the success or failure of the composition. Above all, use plants sparingly and by this economy get the fullest value from both the plants and the sculpture.

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