Wednesday, November 24, 2021

Leaves and Lutradur


I found some little experimental tubes from long ago with chiffon and melting fibres filed in the 'unfinished / unresolved' box. No longer either as they are a perfect stitch reference guide and colour scheme for my current efforts.






I had announced ‘experimenting’ was over in my last Blog but it seems that I was rather premature; there was clearly a need to continue the process. For a start, I needed to look at different paint mediums and their properties and then to decide on which paint(s) would work best for printing. I finally settled on acrylic mixed with some iridescent and pearlescent paints to give a lovely sheen to the finished surface. Years ago I used a lot of soft textured Lutradur (sadly no longer available) so I tried various ways of scrunching the the wet fabric to achieve a similar effect.

Then on to the stitching where I tried using different thread combinations in the bobbin and on the top to see if it would alter the distortion effect of the heat gun.  I am pleased with the results and think the leaf printing was a success and in proportion on the larger tubes. Hopefully without too many interruptions I will be able to finish the printing, stitching and coiling before the week is out.

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