Using Printed Palm Leaflets in Modern Crafts according the International Fashion Trends

Using Printed Palm Leaflets in Modern Crafts according the International Fashion Trends

Heba Mohamed Okasha Abu Elkamal Mohamed Elsayegh

Abstract. Egypt is one of the most important and oldest countries in the world that is known for producing dates, because date palms are available in all the cultivated areas of the country. Taking in account the date palm by-products (such as palm leaflets), this paper focuses and outlines the utilization of palm leaflets in making modern crafts and accessories in a creative way (“out of box”) and at the same time following the international fashion trends. This utilization can result in benefits like achieving added economic value in two ways: creating trendy modern fashionable crafts and achieving the concept of “zero waste”. Palm leaflets can be mixed and matched with fabrics and leather waste according the design idea. By using techniques of textile printing and dyeing to create more attractive designs according the trend, which can be employed in the palm leaflets and fabrics, a variety of innovated designs are created and can be applied in modern crafts according the international fashion trends for making accessories according the season. Also, dyed palm leaflets are mixed and matched with printed fabrics and leather wastes generating very unique up-cycled products in modern crafts and fashion accessories. At the end, a boxy bag prototype is implemented according the proposed outlines as a final product made from woven leaflets mixed with waste of fabrics and leather up-cycling. The main purpose of this paper is to highlight making fashionable accessories products according to the international fashion trends using mixed media as up-cycling product from (printed & dyed palm leaflets according the color of the season), waste of fabrics and waste of leather.

Keywords
printed leaflets, modern crafts, fashion trends, dyed palm leaflets, textile dyes, textile printing

Published online 4/20/2019, 10 pages
Copyright © 2019 by the author(s)
Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA

Citation: Heba Mohamed Okasha Abu Elkamal Mohamed Elsayegh, Using Printed Palm Leaflets in Modern Crafts according the International Fashion Trends, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 11, pp 333-342, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21741/9781644900178-29

The article was published as article 29 of the book By-Products of Palm Trees and Their Applications

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