Custom order botanical imprinted fabric 特定的植物印染布料

 

My very sweet client Dawn of Arizona is very supportive to my works. I'm so so blessed to have such a nice lady who has already ordered from me some items. She loves my eco prints and asked if I can make a big curtain  (4 yds) of autumn leaves with red, yellow, khaki, brown, rust  whatever as I usually make for her kitchen..  Honestly I'm not keen to do custom orders as it's quite challenging but Dawn leaves it with me. I said I try to do it into each 2 yds, if it's not up to taste, no worries I can make use of it for other purposes.

 So. these days I gathered some windfalls and bought euc silver dollar and rose leave.

 With a sketch I put it "fallen leaves on the ground"........ rose leaves, maple, Loropetalum, casaurina, mandarin leaves, euc silver dollar and assorted windfalls on georgette silk...

 Casaurina with "nuts" are quite nice prints

Fallen leaves on the ground.......

Air drying ........

close up of the prints, all speak themselves ..... green, khaki, dark, brown, red, orange....... all those are come from leaves pigments, shades with iron mordant, vinegar and alum....

 

 

 Brown prints of Loropetalum

 

 Casaurina and the nuts, a few euc silver dollar......

 Orange come out of euc with alum mordant

 Strong imprints

 Green from mandarin leaves

Curtain one -  Full size 44" W x 74" L

 Curtain 2 - same size

 Two pieces together

 Color of fall

 Are they ready to ship?

Through my eyes.... my autumn color......

Have a good day.

Eco-printed fall themed scarf 秋日植物印染絲巾

 We're still in the hot summer but doing something with fall theme is the right time.  This is the botanical printed silk scarf with windfalls scattered..........

 A closer look......... with your imagination.........

 Cows.....

Cats........

 Cows and cats........ yap..... roaming cows and cats in the field.

 The scarf I made with botanical prints of assorted eucalyptus windfalls.

  A few cut the shapes of cows and cats.  That's my theme of fall this year.

 I got some queries about my eco print. I've my way of working.  I use hard paper cores instead of wood sticks . I cut the milk box then roll it firm and wrap with heat resist kitchen cling. To make it longer I will connect two pieces in the middle with rubber band.  I roll up fabric with it and tie first with thick rubber bands followed by sports shoes laces.  Bend  the bundle and tie it firm.  This way the fabric contact is very close with leaves and my tiny used rice cooker accommodates a few bundles.  I usually boil for 1.5 - 2 hours.  The heat resist clings,  rubber bands and paper cores are reusable. 

Botanical printing is very regionalism.  Some leaves give good prints some are not.  With the combination of assorted leaves and skills, a bright tone scarf can still be made.

Tutelage of nuno felt tunic 學生混纖雪紡羊毛上衣

 Since I encountered nuno felt making I almost hooked to the elegant textures on chiffon or silk wearable.  People in our tropical Hong Kong are not quite know about such versatility of wool.  When I told them the summer wearable art piece is made with wool they're puzzled and curious for the making and asked if it's too hot. I said not really.  It's airy and thin.
 

 

混纖羊毛成衣尤其是優雅質感又輕且薄的夏日衣裳一向是我喜愛的製作, 但我少有開班教授, 今日我特別教授一位來自澳門很聰敏的學生 Mei, 因為她對羊毛手藝已很有經驗, 輕鬆的幾小時她便完成一件自己合身的混纖羊毛上衣
After I posted my sweet neighbor and the baby dresses I made,  I got some inquiries of teaching.  I'm not keen to teach locally for adult's nuno felt dresses but for little girls are ok. 

Only today I was willing to have a tutelage with an enthusiastic student Mei from Macau.

 

 Mei is already quite good in wool felting but the first time in making nuno felt wearable.  I taught her to make a tunic so that she can do a prolonged dress by herself after it.  The 3D flowery  textures, seamless and draping are the focus of teaching.

We're supposed to make it in my open yard but of the rainy day, we worked inside.

 Mei is talented and picks up so quickly.  In a few hours of relaxing wool layering, rubbing and rolling........

 here came the nuno felt tunic

Well done girl, thanks for coming the long way from Macau. 

Journey of contact prints 植物印染之旅

 

 Another experiment of botanical prints or I may say contact prints as it's direct from leaves whatever the shapes are. 

The scenery of my journey - "cat walk in the bush".

One is lagging behind to catch up the three in the front.

"wait... wait... wait for me....."

謝謝你在我的植物印染旅途伴我同行, 落後? 會迎上.........,

 

 Assorted euc and rose leaves plus peeled skin of euc branches to make the swirl lines.  Cut the cat shapes on euc. 

Over the "cats" part I put a paper before wrapping.  Ready to bundle and boil for 1.5 hours

 Viola.... cats are born both on paper and silk fabric

 Prints are same shape but colors are a bit different because of protein

 Prints on paper

 Before & After of the prints

Quite interesting to do the scenery prints.

"Am I lagging behind? Am I alone? No, you're in my company. Thanks readers"

My signature art book no. 2 我的 "特色"小本子

 

Another botanical imprinted art book for a special friend. Leaves are mainly maple, assorted euc and melaleuca quinquenenia (白千層樹).  I intended to make it a bit fun with cat shapes cut from leaves.

我很少 (其實不大喜愛) 為人客做特定作品, 我愛自由創作, 隨心隨意, 不受約束的, 也許是我行我素,  但美國的一位人客已先後購買了我多件製作, 她再要定做植物印染小本子, 沒有指定的款式, 祗要是我的任何形式也喜歡, 於是就用我的想像也很用心的完成了這小本.

 

Front cover with maple leaf

Khaki is the color tone, paper prints are mainly of dark outlines.

In between I inserted the silk fabric of botanical imprints.

The silk fabric is printed with rose leaves, maple and the euc silver dollar to bring some bright color.

A few pages with melaleuca quinquenmervia

I put the silk prints next to the paper prints.  An art book of five signatures with silk fabrics and 8 pages of 2-folded, i.e. 80 single pages or 160 front & back pages.

A cat - looking forward to the new home.....

The nuno felt cover with my self botanical printed silk

Tied with self made ceramic button

A custom order for a special friend .

The book cover is made with my botanical prints with pines and leaves collected in my area.  I made the mirror prints.  One side for the art book.  The other for a nuno felt handbag.

Making something unique is my way of creation

These two art books will be on the way cross the ocean to the States

Thank you for Dawn's support to my work.