Pine and Bottle Brush prints 針松與串錢柳印染

 

Last year I tried the bottle brush (Callistemon Viminalis 串錢柳）on silk, it gives purple. I was wondering how it looks on boiled wool.  The day before I done a piece but not quiet nice and I've to remake with brighter euc leaves. 

去年做了串錢柳印在𢇁料上有明顯粉紫色，日前嘗試印在呢絨上，但效果不什清晰，後加上一兩片按樹葉帶出一點橙色後，總算有些看頭。

  

This is how it looks after I put a few orange euc.  The background purple is the bottle brush shade only.

 

I made three groups on a boiled wool with the leaves picked on the day I strolled along the river.

 

Already April, it's still spring here in Hong Kong.  Sprouts with vivid colours.

 

Me, busy as the egret, looking for something...... walked and walked......

 

Spring - carpet of flowers, refreshed my sights.

Finally found the bottle brush.  I picked a few home.

 

Before and after pictures comparison.

The top picture,  three groups of leaves, all are with casaurina, the left one with bottle brush, others without but with a marigold.  After an hour boiling, the outcome was not very good, I then put the euc to bring out some color.

 

The "before and after" of the one with bottle brush.  The final added euc got a bit orange color.

 

So I found that bottle brush is no good on wool but only on silk.  

Quite rich patterns with Casaurina and euc. Casaurina on boiled wool is my fav so far.