Molti dei visitatori di questo blog, cercano informazioni sulle tecniche per effettuare l'infiorata o idee per i disegni da realizzare. Ecco qualche informazione sull’Infiorata di Bolsena, anche se regole precise o regolamenti scritti da noi non esistono ed ogni gruppo prepara materiali e disegni secondo le proprie preferences.
Drawings can be of long carpets, guides, that go to beautify the alleys narrower than the path, or, where space permits, large paintings, some of considerable size. The topics are chosen by the designers and are generally of a religious nature, with symbolic figures or subjects, geometric or floral, or taken from or inspired by famous works of art. In all cases the compositions are using the techniques of stained glass and mosaic, apparently translated into flower petals. The light, instead of filtering through the transparency of glass, is reflected on the petals extolling their many shades of nature. And what a view misses is compensated by the scent of flowers until the early hours of the morning spread intensively throughout the country.
The natural material that you have patiently and carefully, a little 'as the pieces, it is therefore solely consisting of petals, flowers, seeds, leaves and other plants, yet for most crops in the countryside and gardens bolsenesi, while not the only material that strives flowers in our floral display, is a mixture of fine sawdust dyed black (each has its own "recipe") and made into fine lines in place of the pencil mark on the sheet or rather lamina in the binding of lead in stained glass. The thin black mark, even where there is a separate colors, gives the work a texture and a definition of a great decorative effect.
flowers, seeds and leaves are the most widely used broom (gorse and ) for the yellow roses and carnations for red, pink and white acacia flowers for the ivory-white and green leaves, the seeds fojone , that 's sorrel, herb spontaneous readily available in the countryside around the Lake, you have used fresh for quite a point of light green and the brown dried. For the bright red poppies, blue cornflowers for a beautiful, old for purple-blue. The hydrangeas in all their wonderful nuances. The inflorescences of the chestnut, alder, Birch, the ears of corn, pine needles, the code-of-mouse for special effects. The leaves of olive trees and mimosa for different shades of green millet, lentils, barley, millet and other seeds for trimmings and shades and hundreds of other wild flowers and gardens for which it would be impossible to make a complete list, including why certain species are often used by only a few floral display.
The sketch of the design is usually kept by the group leader, sometimes performed by a designer of confidence, and performed with the surprise-surprise at the very time and place where it will be made and several exhausting hours. The only valuable substance
you spray on the compositions in progress or awaiting the passage of the procession, and the fresh water and weigh down the petals to maintain and prepare the flowers for the joy of experiencing the same pleasure preservative treatment.
the procession, all at home, hoping that they were done some good photographs.
Anyone wishing further information or details more precise, can write on this blog or e-mail address shown on the right, but it would be much, much better come and see directly the Infiorata Bolsena.
