All those handmade flowers printed purses 手工植物印染包包

 

 So far I've done numerous experiments of botanical imprints on fabrics like wool, silk, viscose and all other cellulose materials.  But now keen on leather printing.  This is the one just done with all the flowers and leaves gathered around my area even the yellow flowers of Israel wild chrysanthemums that the seeds my master instructor Irit Dulman gave me to grow in Hong Kong.

這些日子做了很多不同物料的植物印染，最為喜愛的是印在羊仔皮上再製作成皮革小包包。最感自滿的是從以色列老師 Irit Dulman 給我當地野黃菊種子，我自行種植現在盛放的小黃菊印製而成的花兒印染。做了那麼多的試驗，縫製了很多小包包，有些自用，有些已送給知音朋友，我愛我的土地種出繁花錦簇 。

 

 The Israel typical chrysanthemums are blooming and insects love them.

   

 I will have hundreds of this flower to do my favourite prints.

 

There're other wild flowers on the path. Can't resist !

 To make use the swatches of prints, I sewed into something functional.  Here are the purses of linen, cotton, wool flannel and leather....... all with natural pigments of botanical imprints.

  

This is the prints on linen with own grown yellow flowers and other picked foliages.

 

Here's the lamb skin, leather prints "Before & After".

 

 Close up of the prints of cosmos, Chinese willows and others.

  My favourite part of the prints of different flowers and the leaf of passion fruit.

 

Batch of all leather prints with botanical imprints.

  

Batch of fabric prints with assorted leaves and indigo dyed, The black ones are of iron and pomegrate mordant.

These are wool flannel, grey background is reaction of tannin.  Small purses of assorted eucalyptus without any mordant.

 The strong and bold prints of eucalyptus are Mogi's fav?  

The soft lamb skin printed with leaves of morning glory and cosmos.  Both sides of leather, the other side of grey blue I left it as it is.

The purses I have made so far are not intented for selling but mostly for friends who appreciate my work.  Honestly my sewing skills are not that good.  This one alredy in my friend's hands.

  

This is the wool flanel printed in Irit Dulman's workshop in Israel.

This is linen just done the mordant testing with the Israel yellow flowers I grown myself.  It works !

The tote bag lined with the old table cloth my mother used before.  

 

My mother passed away for two years.  I got the vintage table cloth my family used to have meals when we visited her.  I done prints then made it for the tote bag lining. 

 This is reversible.

Tote bag with lining of vintage table cloth is way of upcycling and keepsake for loved family.

 

This will definitely for my own use.

 

Mogi, "mum what to do with this?  Smells something of animal?"

The lambskin leather prints with the flowers I got from friend's house plus my own grown ones is made into a purse and in the hands of my friend.The making is first mordant the leather, it's already very soft and thin like fabric. Then rolled as bundle to steam in low heat for only 45 min. I smooth the surface by ironing then cut the purse pattern with a clear transparent sheet over it.  Sewed the zipper with lining.  That's it.

  

Just like to experiment and hope to explore the alchemy of botanical imprints

  

The other leather purse with the prints of the flowers.

 

 Video of the printing then the purses

 How I love my area where I can do biking and get inspired.  This is rural of Hong Kong.

Nature inspired botanical prints 騎行路上的創作

 Today just done the prints with the flowers from biking.  The yellow print from cosmos is bold with appropriate mordant on fabric.

 

Idea for the prints was last week I went with the biking team in rural, caught my sight were the blooming flowers on our way. Today I went again for the sourcing.

 

This video in short was where creation started from the view of my rural studio to the laying of plants.  

 Riding on the narrow path with running stream along.....

 I'm well equipped with the bike purse I made before.  No doubt it's eco printed on linen.

 

This is a new bike I bought last week as the old one was stolen when I parked in a train station.  It's a pity in our rural station there're thieves.

 

I'm not sure if the flowers belong to somebody or wild.  Indeed it's growing in a public land.

 

I'm not sure what kind of flowers, may be cosmos.

 

The red brick wall is the typical old architecture in villages.

 We went forward..... views just too stunning....

 Backdrop with a buffalo.  

 There was an egret on the back of the buffalo but I was late to capture it. 

 A short riding we're close to the town

 Autumn is a good season for riding

  There're lots of good finds.  The blown off Flame Gold-rain tree still with flower pods.

 

I'm home with lots produces from the farmer, Okra, taro and the flowers.

 

Layout of the plants then bundle steamed for 1.5 hours. 

A long cotton jersey with assorted prints.  Among them is the golden yellow from cosmos I love.  Will do some more experments on different fabric shortly.