Fun play natural printing with friends 與友植物印染分享

 

It's too good to have friends coming for the fun play of natural printing.  My hiking mates Ellen and Joyce are nature lovers and I sometimes show them my natural prints.  Last day  they come for the experiments.   See Mogi is expecting the outcome....... 

一個下午與友玩玩植物印染, 逗逗貓兒, 隨後我又繼續印染及以他們送給我的果仁烘了些曲奇餅, Ellen 和 Joyce 是我遠足隊友, 我們很愛大自然 , 因著共同興趣, 我樂意與友分享植物的奧妙, 且看這些葉印......

  

They made the prints under my tutelage

Lots of leaves to try for their first time of fun play

Ellen and Joyce are very imaginative .......Dogs and cats silhouette Ellen cut from banana leaf.

  

Dragonfly and hedgehog in the range as Joyce placed.

What will the prints be?  Let's see after 2 hours bundle boiling.

 

While the bundles in the boiling we're having the rich cheese cakes brought from them.  I showed them how I printed the wool fabric with the eucalyptus just got from my bike ride.

 

Well...... moment to open the bundles.

 Nice prints from rose leaves and others.......

  

Orange and red from eucalyptus, lines from casaurina, green from rose and mandarin leaves

Brown from other species of eucalyptus and it's buds

  

Dragonfly !!!  Yes, Joyce made it.

 

The dog prints are a bit blur. I've experiments with silhouette of cats and dogs it's better to soak in iron water for some time beforehand.

It's cute to have the print of a dragonfly as what Joyce expected  The head with cone of casaurina.

 

Hey, it's hedgehog from eucalyptus buds

 

Friends are very imaginative and a lovely afternoon we all have.

Mogi is pampered with their cuddle !

     

 

After Ellen and Joyce gone I made use of the scraps of the "iron carrier" prints from their scarf.  Sewed two cowl scarfs.  Part of the prints left from their original leaves.....the dragonfly still on.

 

Each of the cowl scarf connected with other "leftover" of my previous projects.  

 

Ellen and Joyce are so nice to give me some nuts on their visit.  I made some cookies with them.

I am happy to share with friends with same passion.

How sweet my friends are!  

They made me to pick up again cooking.  Hope the cowl scarf and the cookies remind their fun time with me.

Unique purse's prints 獨特的包包印染

 

This is simple purse 

 A purse like this in the market may only be a US dollar or euro but I still like to make it with heart, with love, with the thought of the person who receives it. I like to give own handmade gifts to the persons I appreciate.  These purses are simply made with the leaf prints of direct contact skills.

 

 As I always said my outdoor activities are creation inspiration. Yesterday, our hiking to Big Wave Beach (大浪灣) and Shek O (石澳) started at 8:30am up to the trail in a sunny day.  From one end to the other along sea shore in 2.5 hours......

we arrived the top of the hill.  

 There're  trees and bushes with fallen flowers......

This is Hibiscus tiliacens (黃槿), typical plants along seashores.  The leaves and the flowers give pretty shapes I tried before.  With different fabrics and mordants outcome varies. I picked a few on the ground for experiment.

遠足途中撿拾的黃槿花印在羊毛混綿布料上，色調何奇結實。把試驗布料做成小包包，我就是喜歡用心的製作小東西送給知音人，早前也做了一個用去年在西班牙上課的栗子葉印包包，我的車工一般但用心的去做，這些店子賣十元八塊的東西我仍喜歡花時間去製作送給好友，因為這是獨一無二。

 

Soaked the wool blend (50/50) in very weak tumeric solution. The solution with little alum, and tannin etc. they're not in proportion, just the leftover of last project.  I laid plants on one end.  The deep purple and the yellow flowers are Hibiscus tiliacens (黃槿) , the small purple are Lagerstroemia speciosa (大葉紫薇) and others are assorted eucalyptus.  Folded with the other half with rust iron solution, bundle boiled for 50 minutes.  When I opened it, I was surprised with the bold prints.

The original deep purple flowers became dark brown and the yellow one became orange on one end.

Yellow of the heart-shaped eucalyptus

The prints of  Lagerstroemia speciosa (original purple) on the side with iron solution is clear of khaki

 

I printed this flowers before on silk only but not bold as wool. I have to figure out if I can do the same prints with more experiments.  

 

It's nice sample prints on the panel.  I cut a small portion to make a purse.

Sewed two sides of different shades

This purse of knit silk,  chestnut printed in Irit's workshop last year in Spain.

The leaf shape is beautiful, the large ones are big as head while the small ones as palm size.  I cut the sample prints, sewed the zipper and lining.

 

Purses are made for two persons whom have the same passion of nature. 

A small gift with my whole heart. Just wish they like it.