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. 

Taiwan workshop of natural printing and wool felting 臺灣教學遊

 

I was in Taiwan for a series of teaching in the last two weeks. It's a delightful trip of three sessions of natural printing and nuno felting with students from different parts of Taiwan for workshops held in Taipei and Taichung. Natural printing techniques are mainly of indigo dyes with resist or discharge effects which I learnt from master Irit Dulman.  The nuno felt technique is to make a reversible seamless tunic with textures.

Natural prints of other skills were also taught.

 

Before the official kickoff of workshop in Taichung in the tranquil village, nice setting with my samples and welcome pack of natural printed card and the wool felt printed tag.

My sincere welcome to students.......

With the indigo vat prepared by the organiser all students immersed in the atmosphere of dyeing

The ambiance of the studio is so tempting with lily pond, rice fields and birds singing......

First to do a few indigo dyed panels......

The spacious studio with everything handy....

 

pretty layout of plants on fabric....

 

After 1.5 hours of boiling they're ready to unwrap

Prints on cotton and silk are so impressed.

Prints on silk and wool are particularly bold and colorful

 

Aren't they happy with the outcome?

During the first day learning lots of panel samples were done.

They have to decide what they're going to do in the next day

Some more natural colors incorporated in the making for different effects.

 

Apart from the eucalyptus from florist, some local weeds are so pretty too.

The two species of imported eucalyptus are of different shades of orange

 

Dyed with onion skins for this effect is interesting

The onion skin dyes and some rose flowers print.

During the two days session in Taichung students made lots of prints.  Most of them are the first time to get involved and pleased with the techniques..

Back to Taipei I taught the skill of nuno felting with indigo dyed and printed yardage.

A tunic with textures and reversible is what I taught.

One side mainly with white merino wool on the top, both with textures that make two looks of one reversible garment.

 

Natural prints and dyes were done earlier,  in a day of wool laying, rubbing and fulling all done.

We're going to make an art journal with
these pretty natural printed papers...........

Binded signatures then with nuno felt cover that made with remnants from tunic project......

 

A set of natural printed tunic and art journal of same tone was done  

Student YL is so nice and we spent a day in the sea shore also to take shots of her works. 

I wrapped my wonderful teaching in Taiwan with my last stop in Taipei

with good company.

It's quite windy but we still managed to capture nice shots.

Yeliu GeoPark is amazing with rocks formation.

Yangmingshan's hot spring is famous

My two weeks in Taiwan was great with arrangements from YL, Meg and Mary.  Not only teaching but also nice time to explore the beautiful region and fancy coffee as well leisure walks in the town.

Thank you my goods friends and all the students in Taiwan made me a wonderful trip.