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.

Slow fashion - natural printed outfit 植物印染慢活時裝

 

Following last post of the new leaf prints, I've now made the fabric prints into garment.  That's the pattern learnt from Revital Avidar in Spain.  The raglan sleeves I like very much.  so I modified the pattern and made the outfit with a different style. 

 

Here's a short video of chilling out in a jockey club.  The outfit is light in summer breeze, style is fine on occasions.

 

The prints are mainly of leaves of tagetes tenuifolia (菊科) combined with onion skins and geranium.

  

 The other layout on iron mordant viscose and alum mordant silk for the different shades of mirror prints.  Bundles are steamed for an hour.

Composition before sewing.

Sleeves with prints of yellow flowers on chine de crepe done in Israel, front with gorgette silk and viscose.

Front part of silk and viscose. Photos speak themselves..........

I also printed a cotton swatch and done a purse with detachable strap.
 Be it a clutch or a shoulder bag for the outfit set.

 

Back side .....viscose drapes likely.

A day in the jockey club

 

The purse with flowers of artemisia vulgaris ( 唐蒿 ) and geranium (洋葵) leaf prints.

Close up of the front and back, different tone of mirror prints. Back with olive tone and front of golden yellow.

A clutch or a bike bag?  That's what I intended to make for the multi- purposes.

The bottom part of the mirror prints on viscose is sewed into a tote bag. The gift I gave to the house owner Ms Fung who's so generous to let me pick her plants.

The tagetes tenuifolia is marvelous that I will do more experiments.