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Today we would like to present three splendid, highly original vases chosen from the Alessi collection and the most suitable flower arrangements for these objects, which are genuine works of art.

The first vase, called "Tronco", was designed by Mario Botta and imitates the trunk of a tree with its inflorescences. It is made from a steel cylinder, with two tubes of smaller diameter welded to it. Raimondo Bianchi, a Milan florist, advises us to fill this unusually-shaped vase with carefully-designed, highly geometrical sculpted flower arrangements. It would look good with an African Strelitzia, which has large leaves and a short, rather clumsy stem which would not be suitable for a blown glass vase. As we can see here, this vase enhances the African Strelitzia's special qualities, with a daring compositional balance. Other flowers that would make a good match with "Tronco" include poppies, homely wild flowers, and delicate, lightweight flowers of all kinds provided they are used in large quantities.

The second vase is called the "Babyboop Vase". It consists of two moulded parts welded together to form two separate containers. With its strong visual impact, it acquires the status of a real sculpture when combined with Anigozanthos. But the vase is also suitable for arrangements of short-stemmed flowers, and what's more it offers a splendid, absolutely unique opportunity for creating a composition with choice of viewpoint, depending on how it is positioned.

This vase is called "Flute", and here experimentation with colour has been very important. All its appeal derives from its colour. It is always said that flowers must be one and a half times the height of their container, but in this case the "classical" ratio of proportions does not work. Apart from with poppies, it could be completed with a "sunken" rose (with only the flower coming out of the vase), or a rose with a longer stem from which all the leaves have been removed.
Turning to the question of setting, it would look good on a table, perhaps in a group of several vases.