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Thursday, April 10, 2014

New prints after Israel 以色列學的針松印染

 
From the workshop in Israel, I learnt from Irit Dulman  the prints of pine - Casuarina.  Yesterday I went to the area near my studio to source the pine.  To my surprise there're a few.  I picked a little and tried on a silk fabric. Here's the one just done.

 
I'm not sure if this is the sort of Casuarina.  No harm to do experiment with it.

 
I laid a few different plants - euc, rose leaves, camomile and other unknown.  I put on half  the fabric and folded. 

 
After 1.5 hours boiling.  Camomile is bright, pine is not so but still clear .

 
Before and after for comparison

 
Just love the yellow prints, golden yellow.

 
The two-fold come out funny

 
Try your imagination........

 Simple prints tested.  Another scarf for the light summer breeze.
Thought the iron mordant for the pine is not enough.

 
Another silk fabric I printed with pine is darker. So that's the difference of mordant.  Will show more after the fabric turned into a wearable.

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14 comments:

  1. Ginny HuberApril 10, 2014 at 2:21 AM

    Hi dear Terriea: Thanks for these post-Israel pieces; interesting to see the difference with your plants ..I'm liking how these came out; how about you and Mogi? You are liking them too as next steps? Will look forward to what's next with the pieces and the plants..

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    1. Terriea KwongApril 11, 2014 at 1:38 AM

      Thanks Ginny. Have just sewed the other piece with darker lines. Better to have a pretty model to show. It's simple but hope to make it styles. Thank you always for your sweet words. Mogi is naughty and brings us smiles.

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  2. AnonymousApril 10, 2014 at 4:13 AM

    its amazing what you do, its magic, pure alchemy!

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  3. CJ STITCHING AND BLOOMSApril 10, 2014 at 8:31 PM

    Hello terreia, I think your print turn out lovely.

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  4. BernicenzApril 11, 2014 at 4:38 AM

    Very nice

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  5. AnonymousApril 11, 2014 at 5:53 AM

    The print is beautiful, but whoa, that's a funny face with rosy cheeks under the eyes isn't it?

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  6. FeltersJourneyApril 11, 2014 at 2:35 PM

    It's a dragon with a horse like nose and mane and glowing red eyes :)
    xx

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    1. Terriea KwongApril 11, 2014 at 9:35 PM

      Deborah, you've a good imagination. The prints come out accidentally.

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  7. Susanne TyreeApril 11, 2014 at 11:20 PM

    One only finds out if something is going to work by experimenting. Sometimes we are pleased with the results and sometimes not so sure we like what we see. It does resemble a face of some sort of animal. Now is that a surprise or what?
    (((HUGS))) Susanne :)

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  8. UnknownApril 13, 2014 at 9:50 PM

    What a great transfer job you did!!!! Just using natural elements....well done. The blouse looks absolutely gorgeous and the fact that was made the way you did, makes it even more special!

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  9. RachelApril 14, 2014 at 2:00 AM

    It looks most intriguing!

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  10. UnknownApril 16, 2014 at 12:05 AM

    Po prostu cudo. Jestem zachwycona Twoimi pracami. Mam marzenie osiągnąć kiedyś taki stan wiedzy i doświadczenia w barwieniu jaki jest Twoim udziałem. Serdecznie pozdrawiam.

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  11. UnknownNovember 27, 2018 at 3:12 PM

    Please dear..could you mentioned the pre treatment for the leaves and the fabric? And the kind of mordant you used?

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