I'm getting tonnes of use and plenty of compliments for this little shopping bag that I felted and printed in Portugal. If my arms were currently a bit stronger (tennis elbow in both unfortunately!) I would have stretched the top edge more during the fulling stage and again after it came out of the dye pot but all in all I'm pleased with the shape and size. Initially I didn't like the results when I printed it, the vegetation that I used was eucalyptus and St. John's Wort but the biggest problem was that some of the black silk ran with the heat. Here's a picture of the front of the bag after the first printing session, see the pale grey lines………
…………… and below is a picture of the same side overprinted during week two in a stronger dye bath containing plenty of rusty metal. This time I was very happy with the result!
Posted by Nicola Brown – I feel, I find, I felt
oh wow.. very striking after the 2nd dyeing. Absolutely gorgeous!
Deborah x
Fantastic bag….I love it! I hope that the tennis elbow(s) is better soon. I told Pam that you had undone what she had tried to repair….You’re going to have to come back so that she can put you back together again 😉
Is this Portuguese fibres?
Love the way the second printing turned out! They look like huuuuge eucalyptus leaves on the right…