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Post by felicity on Sept 23, 2020 15:30:36 GMT
I am trying a new technique which generally speaking is printing, using silk fabric, silk dyes and various leaves as stamps. Then fix it in a steam bath. Simple, but effective, in my opinion at least. I've found it as a refreshing change from felting for a while  The question is: has it got a proper name, like eco-printing has? I've seen someone called it "botanical print", which looks appropriate to me but not sure if it's an established name. As a very new in "printing" I could get it wrong. I need it to refer in my Facebook post and possibly in ETSY listings if I decide to put them in a shop. Any thoughts on a subject and on a technique in general are very welcome.    |
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Post by lyn on Sept 23, 2020 15:51:20 GMT
I love it! So beautiful and elegant.
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Post by felicity on Sept 23, 2020 16:27:29 GMT
Thank you Lyn! Really enjoyed making them even with somewhat unpredictable result |
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Post by Pandagirl on Sept 23, 2020 16:32:43 GMT
Gorgeous Galina!
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Post by felicity on Sept 23, 2020 17:20:47 GMT
Thank you Marilyn, it's very rewarding and less effort than felting requires |
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 23, 2020 23:16:51 GMT
Interesting and beautiful. I would love to see a blog post about how you do them. I think botanical printing is a good name for it. Or maybe natural botanical printing. Something to indicate you are using real leaves and not a manufactured leaf stamp.
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Post by Antje on Sept 24, 2020 6:46:29 GMT
Hi Galina, your scarf is lovely with muted colours and well defined leaves. Anyone would be delighted to wear it. I've have played around with the technique but never ventured onto silk.
In terms of naming it....
From my understanding, India Flint has been the protagonist of this technique and the originator of eucalyptus 'eco-printing' starting well over a decade ago.
I have heard both terms used but my thinking is as follows....'eco-printing' describes the process of non chemical colours being used therefore ecological, whereas ‘botanical printing' immediately conjures up using leaves & vegetation to create the print. It is the same process, but to members of the general public not in the know about this process ‘botanical printing' is far more descriptive.
I hope my thoughts help.
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Post by Ann @ frabjous fabrica on Sept 24, 2020 8:24:01 GMT
As I have a large eucalyptus tree in my garden my "ears" pricked up at Antje's post. I googled it and came up with this site www.fiberartsy.com/eco-printing-eucalyptus-leaves/ Some very useful articles on this site, but what interested me was the fact that you can print eucalyptus leaves onto wool as well as silk. Lots of wonderful ideas. I hope that Galina will do us a post on her methods. The scarves look beautiful. Ann |
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Post by felicity on Sept 24, 2020 8:33:10 GMT
Thank you Ann and Antjie! From my understanding, India Flint has been the protagonist of this technique and the originator of eucalyptus 'eco-printing' starting well over a decade ago. I have heard both terms used but my thinking is as follows....'eco-printing' describes the process of non chemical colours being used therefore ecological, whereas ‘botanical printing' immediately conjures up using leaves & vegetation to create the print. It is the same process, but to members of the general public not in the know about this process ‘botanical printing' is far more descriptive. I hope my thoughts help. It's always tricky with naming "Eco-print" technique of India Flint and her followers doesn't use chemical colours, it's true, but they use a lot of mordant of different kinds. Some may consider it being not that ecological as claimed. But "eco-print" is a brand name and I would like to avoid any association with it. The technique I use is not my invention (may be nobody's in particular), I've learned it from a tutorial. It uses a silk dye (manufactured) and leaves. Some leaves give out their natural pigments (sometimes very surprising colours!) and some just shape, so it's monochromatic mainly and it does restrict designs. I think I will stick with "botanical", it's a wide term and does reflect the essence of a technique. Thank you very much for your thoughts ladies! |
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Post by MTRuth on Sept 24, 2020 15:30:55 GMT
These are great Galina. I agree that using the term botanical print makes the most sense. I have played with these techniques a bit and my friend was doing a lot of printing for a while.
If you're interested in doing a blog post for The Felting and Fiber Studio (we would appreciate that), email me and I can help out with that and get you on the schedule. It sounds like there would be interest.
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Post by Shepherdess on Sept 24, 2020 17:32:29 GMT
I think of what you are doing as more akin to block printing. You are getting nice colours and outlines like block printing. The eco-printing always seems to end up with brown or orange or grey and seldom good prints.
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Post by felicity on Sept 24, 2020 19:24:34 GMT
As I have a large eucalyptus tree in my garden my "ears" pricked up at Antje's post. I googled it and came up with this site www.fiberartsy.com/eco-printing-eucalyptus-leaves/ Some very useful articles on this site, but what interested me was the fact that you can print eucalyptus leaves onto wool as well as silk. Lots of wonderful ideas. I hope that Galina will do us a post on her methods. The scarves look beautiful. Ann Eco printing is a universe in itself Eucalyptus is the most popular plant in eco-printing because it can produce the most unusual colour - orange! The technique is not mine, unfortunately  ! I wish! It was a tutorial, a very good one. |
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Post by lindsay on Oct 10, 2020 18:51:01 GMT
Sorry to be late to this party! I’ve nothing to offer on names or techniques but the scarf is really lovely! Well done Galina.
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Post by felicity on Oct 13, 2020 11:00:32 GMT
Thank you Lindsay!
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! I wish! It was a tutorial, a very good one. 
