Playing with natural dye and textures 天然印染質感羊毛手袋

My students wanted to make wool felt bag with flap and sturdy handle.  They asked if they can learn.  I love my students who challenge or drive my creativity. I said surely they can make it. Before the workshop taking place I made the sample. The bag mainly to show the nuno felt textures and more feminine of purple.  

Instead of the usual leaves printed silk fabric I used, I made use of the logwood dyed scraps to put on the flap, with little mulberry silk also dyed in the same pot to decorate the flap surface. 

This silk scarf was dyed in Canada while Sharon G. and I first tried logwood dye. The shades of purple are pretty. 

A glimpse of how I made it..... Laid the white and purple wool with enclosed resist, made the sturdy round handle, some silk strips on surface decoration....... Rubbing and "rock n roll" a lot.........

Here came  the set of handbag - double flaps, inner pocket and magnet button. A set of handbag with scarf. 

My friends know me well my fav lavender, so I'd call this lavender series.

Isn't it go well with the nuno felt dress? That's the textures I love to play.

My recent creation of natural dyed color - "purple love".

Thank you my darling girl showing off this.

24-h in my sanctuary 我的創作空間

Yellow, orange, green..... vivid colors of life I love.  My 24-h weekend in my sanctuary started with such bright colors........

週末一位學生從遠處來到我南區的小小工作室學做羊毛混絲手袋, 在四小時的學習及閒談中, 很技巧地完成了一個鮮明別緻的nuno felt 手袋,  很感謝她的熱誠不厭長途到來學習。 

I've a one-on-one nuno felt handbag tutorial with student C.     I appreciated very much for her coming from the far north to my tiny studio in the south island.  She started by layering thin wool and a chiffon fabric with foam resist. On top put on mulberry silk strings and silk scraps for the textural effect.  After almost 4 hours she made it. 

Beautiful color of nuno felt flowers, some curly Teeswater fleece and silk strings which will be lustrous after dried. 

Simple on the other side also with some silk strings.

C. is interested in wet felting.  She self-learnt and made small pretty pouches. For big project like this was the first time. I'd say that making the handle is tricky and doing the nuno felt flowers are wonderful. 

Well done girl.  Thanks for coming to my far away tiny studio.  

My sanctuary is in Stanley.  Sometimes I do my creations or give tutorials.  Also a space to showcase ....... 

The nuno felt dresses learnt from Vilte Kazlauskaite 

Baby booties and hat, ceramics I made earlier....

Little table with wool felt bottle 

A rug learnt from Nicola Brown, Hat learnt from Marie-Clare Buckle.  Vessels inspired by Shirley Cook.

The needle felt dogs and cats.  Ceramic dolls with nuno felt dresses. 

The little corner I do my creations or dreaming..........

Stayed overnight, a walk to the pier...... 

Boats sailing by.... 

My studio, the little sanctuary with inspiration around..... 

Call it a day I picked a stone from the stream to make a wool felt paper weight later.

Students' wool felt handbag 學生羊毛手袋製作

"Yes, this is mine. I made it !" My student Ahbee proudly showed us this after a hard day work !

又一次與Pottery Stall 缸瓦舖合作, 這日教學生做羊毛手袋 ,

今次重點製作手挽及雪訪摺皺的質感, 差不多七小時....... 累了, 終完成各有自己特式的手袋.

Teamed up with Pottery Stall, a nuno felt handbag workshop was arranged this Sunday. A class focused on nuno felt textural surface and handle making which took quite some hours to finish.  

Layering wool......

Put on silk chiffon and mulberry silk......

Rolling......

Cut the top....

Making the firm handles....

Almost exhausted.... they made it... both sides of own preferred different looks. 

A little Teeswater fleece 

Teeswater fleece and chiffon scrap

With my eco printed chiffon scraps 

Mixed mulberry silk and raw fleece 

Mulberry silk and raw fleece  

Again some Mulberry silk, my dyed Teeswater fleece and eco print chiffon 

After almost 7 hours, bags finished, still wet and heavy.   A hard day exercise !

They enjoyed it though a bit tired.

I'm sure after dry the silk strings are lustrous and the ruffly chiffon are nice.

Well done gals.