Botanical printing with academics and professionals

 

The 2-day workshop of botanical imprints making finished with colorful result.  Participants from fashion academics, designers and artists are very creative.  We used different mordants for various fabrics, all are natural fibres. Silk, wool, linen with natural dyes and plants own pigments outcome is unexpected.  

兩日的植物印染密集課堂剛完成，幾位時裝界的學者、設計師及藝術家各有獨特構思，不同物料布匹不一樣的媒染處理，做出不同色調效果，繽紛金黃粉紅，又或黑色調同樣特顯，有創意。

 

See the fun of unwrapping.....

 

 I'm happy to share some images of my teaching in the well equipped lab.

 
With all "ingredients" in hand we started the making.

Everyone concentrated in laying.

First piece of work by a fashion designer.

Bright and cheerful

Cochinael dying is so strong

 

First day is introduction of botanical printing and fabric mordant preparation.

 

 

Day 2 is printing on chiffon silk, silk jersey and silk linen.

We used seasonal flowers and plants.

 

Golden yellow from alum mordant.

Dying and printing in one go.

Also effect of discharge and resist taught.

Very rich colour

Shades from different natural dyes

 

Tones of yellow and purple 

We also used cotton for mono effect simply with iron.

Two different effect done in one go.

Quite a nice combination

Another creative piece by experienced artist.

Bright and eye catching yellow with grey background

Willow and fern as well eucalyptus and oxalis

Shades of botanical printing on three different fabric materials - silk linen, cotton and silk jersey.

Rich and autumn feel

Mono windfall

"Which one you like best?"

Thank you academics, designers and artists.  You're so creative.

 

Line up of my interaction with such professional group was initialed by artists on the day I viewed the Cheongsam exhibition in THEi institute.  They're interested in my own eco printed cheongsam and invited me to teach kind of botanical imprints on fabric.  

 THEi is a renowned fashion institute. Fashion show and display in school.

 

The day I visited the exhibition

 

The fabric of cheongsam I worn was done in Israel in Irit Dulman's workshop. 

 

The other day I was invited to attend a seminar of Aesthetics and Craftsmanship of Cheongsam making - now the Hong Kong cheongsam making has been inscribed onto National List of Intangible Cultural Heritage.  If I can learn the skills of making cheongsam with own eco printed fabric would be good.  Thought of learning now.