Nuno felt simply multi-style shawl 百變羊毛混纖被肩

    

Last Sat I went to a wedding banquet. Such a great time for catching up with good mates.  My friend's knitted multi-style shawl inspired my creation.  She lent me the shawl and I made a nuno felt wearable based on the style with a bit change.   A one piece simply multi-style shawl - wrap - scarf - skirt wrap is made........

日前參加好友婚宴, 席間其中友人的針織被肩百變款式吸引我, 朋友建議我嘗試做, 我以羊毛混纖技巧加小許變化做了這款多變被搭款式的被肩, 亦可作外套或裙子穿著.

The top pic is a black knitted shawl my friend lent me for ref.

The other pic is the silk chiffon I made with eco print (rust and leaves) used for this nuno felt base.

I  made the neck (collar) a little cobweb look

After laying merino wool, mulberry silk and some blend silk & wool over the chiffon, then some hundreds back & forth rolling.....

 

I made this black/grey nuno felt shawl.

 

A basic shawl with seamless short sleeves and long draping that makes it reversible multi-style wearable art

                                                       A wrap

                                                                         A shawl in different styles

               

A reversible outfit, one side of merino wool, the other side of earthy eco prints

A little lustre of mulberry silk

                                                               Tied with a nuno felt flower brooch make it a skirt wrap

                                                 Be it a shawl, a wrap, a skirt, an outfit........ a wearable art piece........

Light and floating in the air.  

Sometimes friends catching up really a good inspiration for the making.  

Thank you Ada and Lisa for the brilliant idea.

Interaction in Italy 意大利的交流

 

 Because of the stunning views of Tuscany and the same passion of a friend, I was here .... in Italy for a 9-day visit.  My last stop in Sarteano was not only brilliant for the tours (last few posts mentioned already) but also for the interaction with my friend JM.  We shared the passion of eco printing and wool felting.

因著二人的共同喜好與創作使我們相知相識, JM 在意大利山城小鎮, 我在亞熱帶香港, 我嚮往小鎮風情,  JM 想跟我學習植物印染及羊毛混纖技巧, 我就此老遠跑去大家分享並作旅遊. 這是其中一件製作的被肩及手套, 以植物印染及羊毛混纖技巧完成.

 

This is the shawl made with both eco printed and nuno felted  

 

Not only a shawl but also a pair of fingerless mittens - a set for the upcoming winter.

 

We first bundled the crinkle silk chiffon with euc  and dyed in the logwood bath.

 Lined to dry the silk and crinkle chiffon.  Afterwards  tore the chiffon to make the texture  for a nuno felt shawl.

 Made the nuno felt shawl with chiffon base, layered with merino wool

 After layered wool, put on the scraps of squeezed crinkle chiffon, dyed cotton muslins and silk hankies....

 scattered a little cotton strings for the embellishments

 Wet and rubbed then rolled each for 150 times back & forth

 I showed JM the movement of rubbing, rolling and throwing...... all easily

 Not more than 2 hours we made the shawl with textural surface

JM said it looks like "Planet", galaxy, the universal.....

 Small shawl for the cool winter is made

 A pair of mittens will be good as well.  With the same eco printed chiffon, we made the nuno felt mittens with textural embellishment.

 

Elegant and warm mittens with 3D textures

  JM,  you're artistic and I got inspired by your creativity while I shared my skills of eco prints and nuno felt.

 Thanks for your hosting and warm hospitality. Our same passion brought us together from two continents. My honor to share and exchange.

"Bits & bobs" + "Not-so-good" = ?

What will the "Bits & Bobs" meets with "Not-so-good"? 

Over the years of projects made, there're lots of remnants.

幾年來的羊毛與絲布料手工剩餘物，從來我就不捨得棄置，這不少的「頭頭尾尾」也得要處理，這曰來個豐富小製作，大雜會炒埋一堆，正好做成一幅質感豐富的nuno felt，是墊子? 是被肩? 是小被子?

I save all the bits and bobs, trimmings from nuno felt wearable, remnants of wool felt stuff.

Time to clear the stash. I sorted out the remnants and made use of all......

These are the not-so-good natural printed silk fabrics, I used them as backing.

Laid a thin layer of merino wool over the silk fabric and put the trimmings of all these over it.

Trimmings of silk from nuno felt are of assorted natural dye or leaves prints, some of rust dye that has some shades. Plus some wool remnants, prefelt, yarns, raw fleece...... All the leftovers mixed together.

After some "rock n roll", a nuno felt flat sheet is come. 

The brown raw fleece of  Bordeleira sheep from my Portugal workshop , the long curly Teeswarer and Wensleydale ...

All together made the rich nun felt texture

The white silk scraps I intended to make the clouds look

A piece of nuno felt mattress

A mattress for my sofa in the studio

A piece as blanket for the child's nap

Wake up from nap, wrap the little body.........

Wrap warmly to watch TV cartoon

Thanks Zeinab and Layla, my studio's neighbor for the shots. 

Mogi, "Mum, you forgot me, isn't it for me ?!"

It's now on the sofa bed in my studio where I'm sitting on and writing this blog.