Series of eco fashion from trio-design 設計師的自然回歸時裝展

Not long ago I was approached by young fashion designer/ artist SeeManHo for the bespoke natural prints for her eco fashion exhibition. Concept was all natural and back to nature. With another felt maker Magenta who made the wool felt part, designer SeeManHo made a series of eco fashion with my natural printed fabrics.  Her design is simply fresh, natural and well fit the theme.  Fabrics printed mainly of eucalyptus cinerea and casaurina. Since cotton needs mordant before printing, I have to make soybean mordant thus the process took quite some time to finish.
早前為香港年輕時裝設計師何詩敏 (二犬十一咪) 以天然植物印染 一批主題綿布, 她設計了一系列的自然回歸手工時裝 , 配搭另一位羊毛氈工藝家 (Magenta) 的服飾, 展現自然柔和的簡約時裝.

Wool felt cape and single sleeve by Magenta

 

This set of black and white, printed with casaurina.

 The linen pants of eucalytpus and casaurina

 A few panels printed with iron mordant euc and casaurina

 All fabrics are bundle boiled for two hours

Such fresh and natural printed series of eco fashion. 

Photo credits to SeeManHo.

Inspired and get inspired 靈感泉源

A botanical printed tote bag enhanced with clear outlines. 

 Special for someone who inspired me to paint the scenery with roaming cows. 

我的學生都是滿有愛心, 愛護大自然, 喜愛動物,  這日的學生有生態學愛好者, 對牛牛保育積極無私, 她的愛心觸動我植物印染牛群畫意及做了這個布袋.

 Almost all my students are nature lovers and care about environments.  This day two of them joined my home studio botanical printing.   They made the beautiful printed scarfs even distracted by Mogi.  They got the idea of natural prints and I got inspired by the artistic students.  

 This fluffy loves cuddling while the bundles are in the boiling

 2 hours later silk scarf floating with assorted euc leaves and little pines

 Lightly around in a breezy summer day. 

 I know one of my students is enthusiast of bio-ecology who contributes in protection of roaming cows on our outlying islands. That hit my bell to make leaves prints of cows. I cut the shapes of cows and put on assorted euc leaves for bundle boiling. 

The outlines are not that clear.  Inspired by blogger Agy and my friend Melinda who mentioned about fabric writing pens.  I used the laundry washable permanent marker to draw the outlines. 

 It's clear now.

 The bag with two-sided prints

 A one-of-a-kind tote bag I gave to the person who contributes greatly in our bio-ecology to save the cows.  

Thanks to my students and friends who inspired my creation.
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