Eco print of reversible nuno felt top 植物印染羊毛混雪紡上衣

Mogi, "Hmmmm, mum added some color on white! How it looks? Let's see below...."  一件雙面羊毛混雪紡上衣, 要做植物印染又完成了, 怎樣子? 且看比較.......

I mentioned in my last post about this reversible nuno felt top to take the risk making the reverse side with eco prints.  

Rolled the bundle with three sorts of eucalyptus leaves and boiled for 1.5 hours.

 

Back with prints of green, orange and brown as well tie marks. 

All are eucalyptus leaves, the round ones are euc globulus from the States. 

I do not keen on regular or parallel in the front, so placed the leaves in this way half in the front and back. Some with brown as they're dipped in iron mordant water.

These group of euc leaves I plucked near my studio come out green.  

After boiled the original pleated side with nuno textural ruffles has not much change, only tie marks on the bottom that's what I wanted. 

The reverse side with bright prints is also what I hoped. 

Comparison of before and after, only a bit yellow and tie marks.  So no destroy to the original. 

It's earthy, it's organic, it's subtle..... whatever it is.  It is one of it's kind. I can do nothing the same. 

A piece of two sides, in and out.

So this is a two-sided nuno felt wool top. I have to admit that I love more the original (left) on my daughter. It looks "pure" and ruffles are "fluffy". 

The right one (on myself) after tight rolled and boiled, ruffles like "pleated skirt" look less soft.  Anyway, my experiments for the reversible wearable.

Nuno felt reversible top 雙面羊毛混絲上衣

It come to my mind why not make a nuno felt top with the other side to try eco print.  This is what I made.  Front look and reverse.

很用心的用我自行印染的雪紡碎料做了這件混絲羊毛背心, 可雙面穿, 我要在白色的內層以植物印染, 效果可能未如理想, 但我仍要嘗試.   

Back and reverse

Materials are lace for neckline, chiffon scraps of my eucalyptus eco prints, merino wool and own degummed mulberry silk. 

For the textural surface I put the chiffon scraps and scattered mulberry silk on the front. 

"Oh, my supervisor... Is it alright?" 

 

I've to concentrate on my work....... but.... 

This little thing ..... what drew your attention?  Indeed he always interrupts my attention with funny acts. 

How sweet Mogi you keep me company.  Anyway after almost 4 hours I finished it. 

A nuno felt top with chiffon base, chiffon textural surface, lace neckline and manipulated with little raw Teeswater fleece on shoulders. 

Back look 

Close up of textural surface 

It's my expectation 

White of reverse is fine.  It's good enough as it is.  To make eco print I may take the risk to have a mess as outcome may not be as expected but I decided to do  with the eucalyptus globulus from my US nice friend Melinda. 

After boiling for 1.5 hours the bundle got dark brown. Who knows how it looks?

A mess? Unexpected?

Reveal until next post.

Nuno felt wrap making 羊毛被肩製作

A white nuno felt wrap was made with Gotland locks, merino wool and chiffon base.......
我實驗做一件羊毛被肩然後以桉樹印染, 效果
未如理想, 我還要跟大師學藝,  Vilte 及 Irit 一月份在加州的工作坊豈容錯過? 馬上報名, 巴不得此刻飛去.  這件製作由白轉橙的羊毛被肩這個冬天可有什麼用場 ?

 

with the helping hands of Mogi.

White locks are what I love but this is an experiment I have to turn it with some color. Going to make the euc leaves eco prints with iron mordanted.  If it turned to nasty it will be Mogi's blanket for this winter.  Well, have a go now.......

After an hour boiling, it turned out to this look.......

Not that good as I expected.  I wanted the different shades of color but none. 

Still a soft wrap.....

Be it a wrap for my girl ?

Mogi, "ZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz, having a dream.......    hmmmmm, so soft"

Or a blanket for my pet? 

Mogi finds it's good for himself in the sun.

Must admit this is not my expection. 

I love this - photo source from Vilte

Indeed I wanted to achieve the outcome like this shawl developed by Vilte whose works are facinating.  Vilte and Irit will be running workshops in California in Jan for the wild fibre manipulation into nuno felt and eco print.  Can't resist and already signed up for the workshop. You'll see the blogs of Vilte and Irit for their amazing creations.  Can't wait to learn from them the alchemy !
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My first nuno felt garment student 我的第一位nuno felt 背心學生

 Making wool felt garment is not that simple.  Quite technical to do the right size, not to mention to teach students to make for their own.

Truly the cost of tutorial is quite steep. I have never offered to give a class.

Today my student WW has the honor (I'm too arrogant !!??) to follow me.

WW is interested so my pleasure to teach her individually in my yard.

做羊毛戟絨衣服要做到合適個人要有技巧, 有點難度, 學費及材料不便宜, 所以不曾應教學生, WW有熱誠想學, 今日就趁好天氣在我家露台利用一個星期天做了這件背心.

WW很聰敏, 她祗是第二次玩羊毛氈工藝便很好的掌握完成, 這個冬天暖暖啊 !

 

 We used the Wensleydale and Gotland fleece. I love the smell of raw fleece.

 Almost finished the fleece layering

 Wet it

 Quality control by Mogi

 Rock and roll for hundreds times.....

 

 Finished -  front look

 Back look

 Reverse side - front look

 Back look

 A reversible vest is done

 Steps of making

 WW, have a warm winter

I hope it's not too tired for a 5-hour making a vest.

Thanks WW for coming and well done.