Eco print of reversible nuno felt top 植物印染羊毛混雪紡上衣

Mogi, "Hmmmm, mum added some color on white! How it looks? Let's see below...."  一件雙面羊毛混雪紡上衣, 要做植物印染又完成了, 怎樣子? 且看比較.......

I mentioned in my last post about this reversible nuno felt top to take the risk making the reverse side with eco prints.  

Rolled the bundle with three sorts of eucalyptus leaves and boiled for 1.5 hours.

 

Back with prints of green, orange and brown as well tie marks. 

All are eucalyptus leaves, the round ones are euc globulus from the States. 

I do not keen on regular or parallel in the front, so placed the leaves in this way half in the front and back. Some with brown as they're dipped in iron mordant water.

These group of euc leaves I plucked near my studio come out green.  

After boiled the original pleated side with nuno textural ruffles has not much change, only tie marks on the bottom that's what I wanted. 

The reverse side with bright prints is also what I hoped. 

Comparison of before and after, only a bit yellow and tie marks.  So no destroy to the original. 

It's earthy, it's organic, it's subtle..... whatever it is.  It is one of it's kind. I can do nothing the same. 

A piece of two sides, in and out.

So this is a two-sided nuno felt wool top. I have to admit that I love more the original (left) on my daughter. It looks "pure" and ruffles are "fluffy". 

The right one (on myself) after tight rolled and boiled, ruffles like "pleated skirt" look less soft.  Anyway, my experiments for the reversible wearable.

Nuno felt reversible top 雙面羊毛混絲上衣

It come to my mind why not make a nuno felt top with the other side to try eco print.  This is what I made.  Front look and reverse.

很用心的用我自行印染的雪紡碎料做了這件混絲羊毛背心, 可雙面穿, 我要在白色的內層以植物印染, 效果可能未如理想, 但我仍要嘗試.   

Back and reverse

Materials are lace for neckline, chiffon scraps of my eucalyptus eco prints, merino wool and own degummed mulberry silk. 

For the textural surface I put the chiffon scraps and scattered mulberry silk on the front. 

"Oh, my supervisor... Is it alright?" 

 

I've to concentrate on my work....... but.... 

This little thing ..... what drew your attention?  Indeed he always interrupts my attention with funny acts. 

How sweet Mogi you keep me company.  Anyway after almost 4 hours I finished it. 

A nuno felt top with chiffon base, chiffon textural surface, lace neckline and manipulated with little raw Teeswater fleece on shoulders. 

Back look 

Close up of textural surface 

It's my expectation 

White of reverse is fine.  It's good enough as it is.  To make eco print I may take the risk to have a mess as outcome may not be as expected but I decided to do  with the eucalyptus globulus from my US nice friend Melinda. 

After boiling for 1.5 hours the bundle got dark brown. Who knows how it looks?

A mess? Unexpected?

Reveal until next post.

Spring is sprung for a walk 春暖花開好郊遊

Spring is sprung. In a sunny and warm Sunday I took an impulse walk from urban home to my studio just wanted to see the blooming flowers. 

春暖花開, 晴朗的星期天特地從市區的家去我的赤柱小工作室, 為的是想觀賞途中的盛放紅棉及拾些桉樹葉準備植物印染記事部製作班之用.

Before heading off, some papers with leaves prints were drying in the crisp and supervised by Mogi .... 我要出門了, Mogi 要守護著家中待乾紙張.

I walked up and down from my home to my studio in Stanley....

                     

A charity walk was taking place.  Participants carrying gallons of water for the awareness of "Save Water and Cherish Life"

沿途正值有籌款活動

Arrived the plaza near my studio there was also activity of outward bound adventure race.  Energetic and good ambience.

到達廣場有外展比賽活動, 有熱鬧的一方, 有親子的一角.

A happy family day

Sampans and fishing boats

寧謐小灣

Little gallery in the alley 後巷畫廊

On the way to my studio I passed by this area Aberdeen where my very good schoolmate Amy lived decades ago. I remember those days I visited her and viewed the harbour from her flat.  Now all changed.

途經兒時小友 Amy 的居所已拆卸重建, 但那漁港依舊.

Indeed the blooming cotton tree was what I intended to see.

燦爛盛放的紅棉正在眼前

I know there's a footbridge I can see from above and close to take photos.

Cotton tree is symbol of resilence and tough.  Just love the flowers,  bright red and "tough".  There're still some buds that would last for another month.

I picked some eucalyptus leaves for my upcoming eco print papers & book binding class.  Spring is sprung.  A good start of the year.

春暖花開又一年

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Wool felt bracelt tutorial 羊毛手環製作

Simple, ya, it's simple.  Just do it in a leisure time.  This is a one-on-one wool felt bracelet tutorial yesterday I gave to a student at home.

昨日一位很有誠意的學生在我家學做羊毛手環, 簡單易學, 祗要花點時間做些亮珠碎石點綴就完成.

This open-end bracelet is made with copper wire.

First wrap both ends with wool, roll the bamboo mat to enclose the wire with soapy wet merino wool.  Make it felted and hard by pushing the bamboo mat back and forth.  When it's hard, shape it round and embellish with glass beads and stones. 

It's rather easy to make a bracelet, only adding the beads takes time.  

Embellishment is like icing on the cake.  That will make the bracelet looks pretty.

A few samples for reference.

Linking with Weekend Showoff party

Linking with finecraftguide party

Nuno felt shawl workshop 羊毛戟絨披肩製作班

In a March Sunday afternoon, still cool and good to run a nuno felt shawl making workshop.   Organised by Pottery Stall Studio, here come my students' shawls.......

香港的三月天仍有點寒意, 今日在 Pottery Stall 缸瓦舖  的羊毛戟絨披肩製作班, 同學的製作還派用場. 四小時的體力勞動也正是修身健體, 同學們可累了 !?

A silk chiffon base with some merino wool and Teeswater long fleece........ 

With some wild fleece to make the textural surface..... 

 A black chiffon with some merino wool and mulberry silk to make the nuno felt wrap.  Looks like clouds ?

A shawl with textural colar is what I wanted to teach.  

Making in the progress ........ 

 Layering wool...

OMG, the black chiffon was breeding.  How irritated to have bought this !  Next time I must wash it beforehand. 

The Teeswater long fleece is good for textural effect.  The 4-hour workshop seems too much for the ladies.  They're exhausted after the layering, rubbing, fulling....... They said it was a class of physical exercise to loose weight.

  Come on ladies, do a lot and to have a fit form.