Wool felting tutelage 羊毛工藝教學

 For the last two days I have a student from Shanghai for the wool felt tutelage.  I taught her the making of a nuno felt girl dress with a pair of baby booties.
這兩天一位上海來的學生 Silky 跟我學習製作羊毛工藝, 利用我自行印染的絲料做了混纖小女孩裙子與鞋子, 很柔和可愛的色調. 製作完裙子, 她仍很熱誠的學做立體羊毛器皿及植物染絲巾, 兩天時間很輕鬆愉悅的 Silky 學曉這些羊毛奇妙的技巧, 她說因為我的耐心教導, 她會繼續鑽研, 我也很高興有更多人喜愛羊毛工藝的獨特可塑性.

 

Also making a 3D wool felt vessel and a natural dyed silk scarf.

 

 Before the whole day tutelage, I showed my student the samples of the nuno felt dresses and all the materials incl. my own natural dyed fabrics.

 My student "Silky" from Shanghai took her time while stopping over Hong Kong for her overseas travel. She learnt once from my workshop last year in Shanhgai art centre. This time she wanted to make a new project - the nuno felt dress.

 The pink chiffon I dyed with cochinael is for the textural surface and with some mulburry silk for the shining effect.

 Mogi is always a welcome host in home studio

 

After the wool layering and the necessary rubbing, rolling and shaping....... the dress is made.

 

 I taught Silky the making of a pair of baby booties with my onion dyed silk scraps and mulburry silk for textural surface. It's done with one enclosed resist for a pair.

 The nuno felt girl dress and the baby booties making are the basic skills I taught Silky. In a few hours the set was made.

When Silky returned to hotel she wanted  to make use of her stay to learn some more techniques of wool felting the next day.  She really loves wool felting so much now. She let me decided whatever to teach.

 I showed her my 3D vessels made with some raw fleece and she decided to make one.

 Before starting the vessel making we made use the time of boiling a bundle of natural prints with onion skins.  

 While the bundle was boiling we started the vessel wool layering with enclosed resist.

 The body is of Austrian mountain sheep wool which is perfect for the sturdy object making. Surface with assorted raw fleece. Some Romney, Wenslaydale, Teeswater etc. They're pretty curly look.

 After rubbing and hundreds of rolling.....

 rubbing with washboard.......

 hitting with wood rod........

 

It's finished, sturdy but with soft raw fleece textures.

 

 Dcorated with the banyan air roots around the mouth

 

The two days Silky made the adorable set of girl dress with bootie and a 3D woolly vessel with a pastel soft silk scarf. 

 I love my students,  I like one-on-one tutelage as it's more relaxing.  Thank you for coming Silky. Glad that you found wool felting amazing and  you're hooked !

 

Days in Europe - Bratislava fun exploration 悠悠歐洲假期

My second day in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia was a brilliant start of my holiday with beautiful skies, sunny and cool.  During the weekend, my friends - the nice hosts took me to the Old Town, the highly interesting Central European locality for its history, architecture, culture and arts.

我在歐洲的假期悠悠閒的與斯洛伐克東道主友人逛逛舊城，走上山林， 在家中與小女孩製作羊毛氈，這祇是假期剛開始的活動，來日會探索多瑙河隣近城鎮的風貌。

We explored through the gates.....

Bratislava is 8,696 km from my city Hong Kong

Though it's April, spring in Europe, tree branches of bare leaves are simply a nice backdrop of the town.

We strolled along the markets, souvenirs shops and gifts stalls.....

All the pretty little things are impressive

The artist's so nice for a chat with us. 

After a walk, we stopped in a spacious book cafe. Enjoyed so much the rich hot chocolate.

Then our steps forwarded to the hill - Koliba, where the TV tower located and a site for sorts of outdoor activities.

It's Sunday, a day for grocery shopping.  Sweetie showed me how to do the self shopping.

Holiday for spots exploration, also fun for the wool felt making. I showed Layla and her mum Zeinab the making of nuno felt dress and a 3D treasure box.

With the little hands making, a box of textural lid and nuno felted dress are made.

Sweetie's favourite colors are blue, turquoise, purple........

So what she made these days are all in those color tones, no matter a hair band, a dress or a box.

Bratislava is a town with fascinating sites of culture, architecture, history and gorgeous scenery. Surely I will explore in the coming days along the Danube River.........

Sweetie nuno felt dress making

 

Girl nuno felt dress specially made for a sweet girl

給隣家小女孩製作的羊毛混絲雪紡裙子, 讓她帶你遊覽我們的環境同時展示裙子.

 

 My neighbor expatriate family is moving. I'll miss this sweet soul Layla.  She's gorgeous, naive and energetic. They live next to my studio where I only be there on and off.  They're leaving HK for good. I made this nuno felt dress for her.  Last Sat we took shots around our area that's their last stop in Asia.  Thought this is a nice place in her happy childhood. Let her show you our environment....... 

 The greenery housing area with streams...

 The Stanley Plaza where she can spend couple of hours herself

 She's quite energetic, monkey climb.....

 She put on herself the flower, such elegant sweetie !

 The promenade of the main street

 Here's a good point to see sunset

 Walk to the market, a tourist must visit spot.

 The other side is the main beach

 Pick the seashell, a keepsake

 Goodbye to the school she attended

 Nice performing pose in my studio

 Last stop in my studio then she will fly

 Her fav "dumping in soup"

 Nice to know you Zeinab and Layla. I'll miss you. Wish your next destination is my hub to Europe sometime next.

 Gorgeous soul, I love you.

 Making a nuno felt dress like this style is easy.  I just cut a template one third size the actual dress.

 The white silk chiffon is the base.  Made it seamless with little merino wool, mulberry silk, colorful silk scraps to make the nuno felt textural surface.

 That's the simple dress on the pretty little girl.