Eco print and nuno felt shawl 植物印染披肩

 

"What's the setting?"

"Well, a workshop for two students to do eco print and nuno felt shawl."

周日午後的植物印染準備就緒, 雖然祗是二人的家中課堂, 我仍是一絲不苟的做好準備,  

一個下午各人悠閒地完成一件印染披肩及圍巾, 

  

Mogi, "can I have my footprints on it?" 

 

"Mum, have you got all ready yet?"

"Yes, Mum's painstaking, all well prepared, some leaves with iron mordant, some with alum and some from Argentina from my fb friend Delia.

 

Placed on the silk chiffon and boiled for .1.5 hours .

 

Unbundled, brown of liquidamber, orange euc, green rose leaves and tie lines....

 

Followed by nuno felt to make a shawl

 

Making this shawl is simple and easier.

 

Just a little wool and rubbing & rolling

 

After an hour, finished and here they're.........

 

Yes, only you can make it like this unique color, pattern.  Thanks A.T. for joining my workshops a few times.  You're my great supporter.

Eco printed art book 植物印染小本子

A little art book made with wool felt, eco print and dye.
這兩星期天氣時晴時雨, 風雲萬變, 上周一埸30分鐘的濠雨小溪變洪流, 今日又是風球高懸, 做一本紅葉小本使眼睛清新點,  小本子以桉樹葉印染及靛藍著色.

  Following the natural dyeing project with the visit of Michel Garcia last Dec, I planted the strobilanthes cusia for experiment.  I could not have much to make dye vat,  only cut the leaves into pieces and poured hot water in a jar for fermentation then poured again and again to get the blue dye.  I know it's not the proper process to dye my fibre with strong blue.  It's no harm to make a little grey.

So only soaked some silk hankies, silk laps and rammie.   I laid the fibres over papers intended to leave some stains.

I done a small piece wool felt flat sheet for euc leaves prints.  Got the prints by boiling then dipped the top part into the indigo dye to get the grey shade.

Mogi, "so mum's going to make the little vintage art book with wool felt cover and stained papers."

I stitched a silk fabric with leaves prints on the wool felted sheet.  Also first and last pages are of leaves prints.

In between binded with stained papers for vintage look.

Last week, I went up the hill behind my apartment for shots was a gloomy day.

Still good to take some pics.

Backdrop of a stream

Clear against it

All of a sudden it's pouring.

After 30-min torrential rain, the stream became a fall. I was sitting just in the front.  Can't wait for the rain to let up, so scary to run away. It's last week.

This morning woke up in my studio.  Such a clear and peaceful day.....

Cycling along the waterfront......

Such a sunny day you see.  Who knows typhoon warning is on now.  Just expect it wouldn't be too severe.

The little art book with eucalyptus leaves cheering me up.
Linking with Adornedfromtheabove party

Another eco print experiments 躍動彩色

Last eco print workshop was focused on iron mordant to get shades. We didn't make prints with alum which gives a bit yellow.  Judy found it impressive and asked for a commission scarf.  How nice to do it again for an order !  

I soaked the silk fabric in alum water for hours, then put on some leaves also dipped with alum and iron mordant.  Leaves of rose, maple and some unknown all together, 3 bundles in a row..... After boiling for 1.5 hours, here come the looks....... 

Yellow from unknow windfalls

Iron mordant with dark prints of rose leaf

Brown of unknown dried windfall 

The two scarves with both ends of thread marks and brown edges due to dyeing pot of euc leaves and barks. 

Below close up of euc, rose, maple ........ and wild daisy....  

   

Ways to wrap it......

This one with little wild daisy gives a bit bright yellow. 

I made three pieces of silk scarves with different leaves.  The leaves and flowers used I can tell where I got it.  The little daisies picked under the euc tree while I visited my mum in Shatin.   The scarves are one of a kind and made with heart not only from myself.  I thank for the lady from the florist who's so generous to give me the rose leaves.  Thanks for Judy who joined my classes.  Doing a commission piece is challenging since I'm not sure if it's what the receipent wants.  So these pieces are for Judy's choice.
 

Mogi, "wondering which one(s) Judy would pick it?"

Mogi, "I myself prefer this wool felt stool cover mum made in Portugal with euc leaves from Monterey, CA."