Hapa zome

Hapa-zome is a Japanese word meaning ‘leaf dye’ and was given to a technique for transferring plant image and colour on to fabric by beating the colour into the material (as mentioned…

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My daughter loves art and smashing things (yep), so I have wanted to try hapa-zome with her for a long time. The term means

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I've been experimenting with dyeing (not dying) from natural materials lately. I'm inspired by the work of the goddess of Eco Printing, India Flint. The easiest and by far the quickest results are by using Hapa Zome, or as it's otherwise known, beating the c**p out of leaves. The technique is fairly simple although it does take a bit of practice and the results are variable. Collect some leaves, preferably freshly fallen onto the ground so you are not damaging trees. In theory, you don't…

Over the Spring half term, whilst we were playing out in the garden looking for something to do, we gave Hapa Zome a whirl. Hapa Zome is the Japanese term for beating (or tapping really)

Hapa Zome - first attempt and great fun!

This is a wonderful creative technique that I often share with participants on training courses and with the children I work with, This week someone on a course made something so beautiful it reminded me I wanted to share this a bit more widely. Stacey's hapa zome with clover, dandelions, grasses, berries and petals Hapa Zome is the Japanese art of beating up leaves with hammers, pounding natural pigment into cloth. It was developed and named by India Flint who is a colour artist although…

The technique of "Hapa Zome" blew me away when I discovered it on the Terrain Blog. It's the process of pounding fresh flowers onto watercolour paper.

Hapa Zome = leaf dye. Have you tried it? It's an excellent hands-on activity to do with young children! Ours turned out so beautiful I just had to share! All you need is some flowers or leaves, fabric, we used calico and a hammer. We work outside whenever possible and this is a great activity to do outside, in-between those April showers. We put a waterproof tarpaulin on the grass and work on some nice large wood pieces. We arrange our flowers in between two pieces of fabric or fold the…

Hapa Zome = leaf dye. Have you tried it? It's an excellent hands-on activity to do with young children! Ours turned out so beautiful I just had to share! All you need is some flowers or leaves, fabric, we used calico and a hammer. We work outside whenever possible and this is a great activity to do outside, in-between those April showers. We put a waterproof tarpaulin on the grass and work on some nice large wood pieces. We arrange our flowers in between two pieces of fabric or fold the…

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