Eco print of reversible nuno felt top 植物印染羊毛混雪紡上衣

Mogi, "Hmmmm, mum added some color on white! How it looks? Let's see below...."  一件雙面羊毛混雪紡上衣, 要做植物印染又完成了, 怎樣子? 且看比較.......

I mentioned in my last post about this reversible nuno felt top to take the risk making the reverse side with eco prints.  

Rolled the bundle with three sorts of eucalyptus leaves and boiled for 1.5 hours.

 

Back with prints of green, orange and brown as well tie marks. 

All are eucalyptus leaves, the round ones are euc globulus from the States. 

I do not keen on regular or parallel in the front, so placed the leaves in this way half in the front and back. Some with brown as they're dipped in iron mordant water.

These group of euc leaves I plucked near my studio come out green.  

After boiled the original pleated side with nuno textural ruffles has not much change, only tie marks on the bottom that's what I wanted. 

The reverse side with bright prints is also what I hoped. 

Comparison of before and after, only a bit yellow and tie marks.  So no destroy to the original. 

It's earthy, it's organic, it's subtle..... whatever it is.  It is one of it's kind. I can do nothing the same. 

A piece of two sides, in and out.

So this is a two-sided nuno felt wool top. I have to admit that I love more the original (left) on my daughter. It looks "pure" and ruffles are "fluffy". 

The right one (on myself) after tight rolled and boiled, ruffles like "pleated skirt" look less soft.  Anyway, my experiments for the reversible wearable.

My first nuno felt garment student 我的第一位nuno felt 背心學生

 Making wool felt garment is not that simple.  Quite technical to do the right size, not to mention to teach students to make for their own.

Truly the cost of tutorial is quite steep. I have never offered to give a class.

Today my student WW has the honor (I'm too arrogant !!??) to follow me.

WW is interested so my pleasure to teach her individually in my yard.

做羊毛戟絨衣服要做到合適個人要有技巧, 有點難度, 學費及材料不便宜, 所以不曾應教學生, WW有熱誠想學, 今日就趁好天氣在我家露台利用一個星期天做了這件背心.

WW很聰敏, 她祗是第二次玩羊毛氈工藝便很好的掌握完成, 這個冬天暖暖啊 !

 

 We used the Wensleydale and Gotland fleece. I love the smell of raw fleece.

 Almost finished the fleece layering

 Wet it

 Quality control by Mogi

 Rock and roll for hundreds times.....

 

 Finished -  front look

 Back look

 Reverse side - front look

 Back look

 A reversible vest is done

 Steps of making

 WW, have a warm winter

I hope it's not too tired for a 5-hour making a vest.

Thanks WW for coming and well done.