Nuno felt dress 羊毛混纖裙子

 

The nuno felt dress I just made with a designer's leftover.

一位年青時裝設計師 Martin 給我他用剩的數位印製蕾絲，布料是他特別為早前「水上華服誌」官門水道漁民生活況的服飾設計， 我利用羊毛混纖製作了這裙子，黑白分明，長長捲曲的羊毛混在其中，我姑且名為「官門水道之浪花」，其實這也是我們課程製作的樣本參考。

 

  

 Indeed this is the leftover of digital printed lace a young fashion designer, Martin used for his project for the recent floating fashion gala.  The lace printed with Chinese characters of the waterway and images of people who lived in that area.  I asked Martin for the piece to try the nuno felt skills. With little Wenslaydale curls I tested.  It works.

In the coming days  I will have private tutelage for the nuno felt garment making. So I made use of the leftover for the sample making.

 With the silk chiffon base, some merino wool, little mulberry silk and banana fibre......

A medium dress with cobweb sleeves is made. 

Mogi approves it !

  

Here's the front and back look.

 

Top of both the front and back are rich textures and drapes well.

 

Sample of simple yet elegant dress.

 This will be my own dress for a special occasion.

Eco prints & nuno felt reversible dress 植物印染羊毛混纖雙面長裙

Knit silk jersey is one of my favorate fabrics to work with.  Not only eco printing but also nuno felting is nice to do with. Following a series of the tube width nuno felt dresses made earlier, this simple and plain one is back to basic I used only a few casaurina and eucalyptus.  Then with little merino wool and mulberry silk as well silk gauze for the layers so as to make it two-styled reversible dress.
That day I asked my girl for the shots. We walked the dog to the beach dressed in two ways.  Here are the images of the same dress shown in both styles.
這針織絲用了馬尾松及桉樹葉植物印染, 然後以羊毛混纖做成雙面穿著長裙, 針織絲是我特別喜愛的布料, 無論印染或羊毛氈化也極易製作. 這日出外取景, 人兒狗兒和風吹拂.......

This side of the dress with top layers of silk gauze. Bottom cut off and co-web felted to make the ruffles.

Casaurina and eucalyptus are used for 1.5 hours bundle boiling.

A reversible nuno felted dress, one with layers.  Turn it over is the straight dress with bottom co-web felted.

The clear looks of both styles

The breezy layered look

 

Just a casual capture with cell phone. Very quickly we finished the shots. 

 

We have a leisure walk and back to girl's home with another shot.......

 

This one also nuno felt silk jersey, dyed in cochinael with contact prints.  I have another one already printed and going to do nuno felt after I figure out the style. Stay tuned........

Nature inspired creation - ecoprinting fabric 天然植物印染靈感

My recent works mostly are with some flower prints. Whenever I go hiking I would like to gather some fallen flowers for experiment. This knit silk jersey was made into a reversible Nuno felt dress after natural printing. Last hiking in Sai Kung was inspiring with the stunning views. Back home and I created a few pieces of prints.  Pictures below speak themselves.........

香港的郊野青綠處處，四季花卉燦爛，花開花落，洒在地上別有意境。近日我的創作嘗試了幾種在遠足時撿拾的落花，效果不錯且獨特，這針織𢇁料就是印了植物然後以羊毛混纎技巧製作的無縫裙子。

The day was brilliant to start our hiking from the water front......

那天清早到西貢遠足，晨光泛影......

Views of Ma On Shan and Tai Po in the further distance after an hour hiking

 與隊友從白沙澳往深涌，半山眺望馬鞍山。

Creek with running water after heavy rains

雨後流水潺潺，隊友互相照應渡溪。

After up and down then the easy coastal walk with the mountain view - the "Saddle Hill"

跨過一山又一灣，沿著海岸線，馬鞍山與八仙嶺山海連天。

Tranquil bay with fishing boats 漁排小島、藍天白雲.........

Stop under the shade of papaya leaves to have a closer look of Saddle Hill.

馬鞍山就在這片青翠木瓜葉的視線前，沿著路上拾了些黃槿與野山茶落花，回家靈感泉湧，就做了一些實驗製作.......

 

The fallen camellia just good for my experiment. 野山茶花滿地, 正好的印染材料.

Below are the images of "Before & After"  植物鋪陳經個多小時加熱後的比較

 

I love the prints on silk jersey as it's so soft. This is the dress made with nuno felt skill I love most, soft color and airy feel.

以花卉做的印染我比較喜愛這款很柔和的效果，因此以羊毛混纖技巧做了這件雙面穿著的裙子, 很輕柔的質感.

Eco prints & nuno felt reversible dress 植物印染羊毛混纖裙子

 

 Fun to play with eco dyeing and the Lagerstroemia speciosa is my fav these days. I dyed the knit silk jersey with Lac then printed with the flowers and leaves.

大葉紫薇花期悠長，做各樣印染試驗仍不厭倦，配以不同天然染色效果獨特，把其中一塊印好的𢇁料以羊毛混纎做了這件無縫雙面穿著的裙子往海邊走走......

 I like the tube width jersey. Just printed the front main pattern and little on the back then make a garment as I wish......

 With small amount of merino wool I made this nuno felt seamless and no sewing dress -  a reversible textural garment.

Top with little merino wool 

  

 

The reversed side of  textured surface, goes with a removable cowl neck of the same material.

Since it's light silk jersey, prints on both sides looks almost the same. 

The back of the side with merino - the "wave"

 

 The back of the same dress, textural surface of nuno felt effect.

 Nuno felt making with tube width silk jersey is simple and easy as no hem is needed.

 Eco prints on both sides looks almost the same.

  Now still lots of blooming Lagerstroemia speciosa. 

Will have more ideas of prints to play with.