Taiwan teaching and fibre art interaction

 

Just back from a Taiwan teaching of fibre arts that incl. botanical printing and nuno felting. A fabulous trip with colorful outcome on leather and cotton printing.  

 

A pile of cotton and leather printing with local plants, some from students' own garden. 

 Such a nice and eye catching printing.

 

Student made the linen silk printing and the nuno felt vest with one side of botanical printing and the other of raw fleece and merino.  That made it a reversible style fashion.

 

Shades of lac with iron for the purple tone background 

 

Leather printed with gerbera is striking

The big gerbera is bold and strong

Linen silk is good for eco printing

The two-sided wild look vest is chic

Interaction with artist in Taitung is rewarding. They're pleased with the amazing prints and I'm glad to have a great time with like-minded people.

After Taitung stay I also visited the old streets in fascinating Taipei.

 

A good time to enjoy. Thank you for my very enthusiastic and talented student who made my fruitful trip .
 

 

Fun share indigo and natural prints 植物舆藍染

Days in Taiwan were fun filled. The day before we played indigo dye. How about to do dye and prints? Yes, we did the media combination. Botanical imprints from local plants are quite good particular with iron mordant. We're happy to unwrap the bundles. So strong and clear.

Prints on indigo dyed linen 

The before & after of the layout.

Prints on the cotton already framed. 

Three of us have the same passion of fibre and fabric, colours and prints.  Chances made us together to share the interest. 

The natural prints on fabric, framed already right from the dye pot. The techniques I shared were with iron and alum mordant with different tones.

 I'm pleased to play the combination with light indigo background.

Some local leaves in Taiwan are quite good results.

Today heading to Taipei for my teaching. Goodbye to Taichung and the lovely friends.

 

My warm student in Taipei already have everything prepared. 

Another experiment will be in the coming days. Expecting to show my skills.......