Tuscany theme landscape botanical prints 植物印染掛畫

 On Christmas eve, the oven is cooking a turkey while the other cooker is boiling a bundle of wool flannel.  That's the Tuscany cypress landscape I printed for the Christmas table setting.

平安夜, 火雞待在焗爐, 那邊的煱子烚著我的植物絨布包扎, 兩個多小時加熱, 待乾便車缝完成一副以桉樹葉印染托斯卡尼主題的桌墊或掛畫.

 I used assorted euc and kinds of unknown leaves collected behind my area.  Just love the edge of a pine look.  

 The upper part all of silver dollar eucalyptus and a few needle pines.

 Bottom is of Tuscany cypress theme.  I laid the small branches and barks of eucalyptus.

 Before and after

 So, you can see the shades of leaves but one or two others are not quite strong prints.

 Silver dollar euc are always the most impressive

 A wall hanging   ......            

or a table runner is the Tuscany landscape I wanted.

  

 When I use the brush I can make a bright and colorful  painting.   Why should I bother to take a longer time to boil and wait for the unexpected botanical prints?  That's the bounty of nature !  Whatever it is we appreciate the process.

Can't resist the bounty of nature 大自然的色調怎能抗拒

 I said I was tired of eco prints and need a break. As I wanted to learn acrylic painting for the colourful instant outcome.  However not long for a while I can't resist the bounty of nature and done a few again.

 早前說要暫休植物印染玩意，要玩玩彩繪，日前經過桉樹林被強風吹折有花蕾的樹丫，這難得的一遇，當然撿拾回家又做我的印製。

 For the few sessions of learning I enjoyed so much the colors playing.  In the meantime........

 the day after strong wind I passed by the bush of eucalyptus I found lots of wind blown branches with buds on the ground.  

Can't resist to take home otherwise it would be disposed of.

On my Friday hiking last I also found some windfalls of euc and some local sweet gum.

Our sweet gum are still green because of warm weather.

Can't resist to do again eco prints.  Put a few pines, some euc and a rose.

After two hours of bundle boiling of the wool flannel, opened with delight.

The bright and bold of eco collected on Friday hiking

The buds of this euc are brown. I never know which one gives red or brown as they're picked on ground. That's the challenge!

Rose petals purple as wished

I lined with backing then a wall hanging or a table runner is made.

Clos up of the prints..... Casaurina pines and euc.

Rose petals and rose leaves

Euc with buds 

Approved by Mogi

Territorial Mogi, he owns everything!  Whatever new stuff I put on the floor he occupies it right away.

Before and After

This is another printing with local sweet gum and the euc with smaller buds. I'll make it another tapestry.

Fresh buds are rare to get thanks to strong wind I can pick from ground.

I used some other euc with iron mordant to make my Tuscany theme. Another prints to follow later.

"Mum said she can't resist the bounty of nature and will do constantly eco prints while learning colorful painting. Enjoy your cappu and thanks for stopping by"

Treasure hunt in the wood 叢林中寶物

 Walking in the wood in fall not only leaves foliage found but tree barks are changing their "cloth".  Foliage are not to sweep away.  They're bounty of nature and treasures fo me.

秋天的叢林, 雖則落葉片片, 樹皮換裝, 這可是我的寶物, 也為家居餐卓加添秋冬景致, 做了一片植物印染卓布.

 I want to "paint my brush" with the fall color.......

 

The day I went to the train station near my former office premises. I walked into the bush to collect theses euc blown off leaves and tree barks.  Together with other tree branches and leaves I bundle boiled on wool flannel.  Here came the "picture".........

 

 

 

 

The "Before & After" comparison......

  

Red maple has no color but the outline

 Three barks and branches of euc are pretty nice orange or brownish

   

I lined the backing with dark brown fabric and the back with loops so that can be a wall hanging or a table runner. 

 The final touch with my label is always the happy moment.

 So....  a picture of my "bush with autumn trees"

 

 A wall hanging or a table runner of "nature's bounty" will be a nice home decor.

                                                               Red and White on the "Golden Bush"
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This table runner is available in my ETSY