Private eco printing from basic to advance 植物印染從基本學習開始

 "Mum, you're thoughtful for the students."

"Yes, my students are quite enthusiastic and we get inspired at times.  I love them."

These days I have a few one-on-one tulelage for natural printing. 

Today a welcome kit of the basic botanical eco printing was prepared for a student, May.
這些日子不時有個別學生跟我學習植物印染, 有從基本絲質面料而至媒染處理植物纖維布料上的印染, 近日兩位本地及臺灣學生的製作, 有簡約及豐富色調, 這是植物印染的奧妙.

 

Following a brief introduction of eco printing, she started the placement with assorted plants I gathered around.

 

I taught the skills of shades effect on one end and the other without anything thus she knows the difference and able to apply on her future experiments.

 After 1.5 hours of steaming, May got her own OOAK (one-of-a-kind) pure silk eco printed scarf.  The basic skills are what I developed some years ago.  It's simple yet can do fabulous shades with appropriate natural mordants.  The first piece of successful eco printing drives her enthusiasm to learn more about natural printing on cellulose fabrics.

 These days I also have another student from Taiwan, a returned student SL who's the second time coming to explore the cellulose mordant.  I'm glad that I got heads up from master artist Irit Dulman whom I learnt from her the techniques, to teach others with my way of working.  A batch of sample prints on linen, cotton, canvas and rayon was done by SL.

 Other than some plants I gathered on my biking, she picked flowers and leaves in my yard and placed in her artistic style.......

 

Outcome as the pictures speak themselves.   Grape leaves, lemon geranium, lemon grass, passion fruit, cosmo....and lots and lots from farmer's field.

 

 

 

Some acid plants of discharge effect

We also talked about leather prints and did an experiment.  Quite interesting outcome.

 Prints and dyes on cotton

 

 Prints from the flowers picked in my yard.  Yellow cosmo and marigold are quite strong.

When I asked my students how did they find me, some would say when they searched internet my exposure in social media popped up.  This was one of  the shootings of a TV program of my works.  I'm  not a marketing or hard selling person but if anyone who likes to learn the basic eco printing on fabrics or paper, here are my instant download PDF tutorials (English version of basic tutorial, Russian version of basic and English enhanced tutorial incl paper prints)  in my ETSY on line shop TerLing Creations. 

Intensive teaching of natural prints 密集式植物天然印與染教學

 

Last few days I was busy in teaching a special student natural printing.  She's a wonderful artistic lecturer and already an expert in natural dyeing. Miss Lai from Taiwan, she found me from internet and asked about workshop of natural printing of my recent works.  I said I learned  from Irit Dulman the techniques and not quite properly to teach her.  She said she has asked Irit before and Irit has no plan to travel to Taiwan and referred her to contact me.  Then I replied Miss Lai I can teach what I am doing in my way,  that is steps and ingredients are a bit modified. So we started the one-on-one intensive teaching.

這幾天教學，可以説是輕鬆的密集教授，因為一位專程從台灣來跟我私人學習的賴小姐已有豐富的天然染經驗，而且很有藝術觸角。這幾天主要是教媒染的應用在不同物料所呈現的效果，三天的實驗與製作色彩豐富，學生滿意，我也開心。

 

It's a cool morning.  I have everything ready for my student flying in.

 Mogi is a brat always wants to know what we're doing.

While I was explaining what fabric materials we are going to use, he jumped on the table.

 First day we do basic and simple mordant of alum and iron for plants.  Fabrics are wool and silk.

 Miss Lai has an artistic vision and the placement is simple .  This is wool flannel. Four species of eucalyptus are used for the different shapes and shades.

 Here comes the result

 

Sounds she is happy with it.

 

 This is what we have done on the first day of the basic prints

 

Batch of first day's works.

  

 She's happy and I am pleased.

 

A short video of day one.

 

 Day 2 we do indigo dye and prints.

This is what she wanted to leant and the outcome is as expected.

 

Yes, it's a good day with sunshine.  Mogi appreciates it.

 

Works of day 2 completed.

 Batch of fabrics of different outcome.

 

A short video of day 2.

 Then day 3 we do mainly with cellulose fabrics.

 As well indigo and cochinael dyeing.

 Flower prints and discharge of oxalis

 

 

Batch of day 3 creation

 Video of day 3.

I'm happy to teach a student who has wealth of natural dyeing experience.  Miss Lai knows well the colors mixtures and I get inspired from her too.