Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Again, here's the little piece (8x12) that my first try at salvaging ugly clay prints. First I tried fusing Wonder Under to the back of the prints. The substrate that I normally use is Reemay, a non-woven polyester "fabric" that is used in house & insulation work as well as in gardens as a barrier to frost.

Well, the Reemay took the Wonder Under easily, but it is difficult to the fuse these pieces to one another. They need more than 1/4" of overlapping to hold. They will fuse to cotton fabircs, a background piece here, and they are easy to sew. Needless to say I put them through the sewing machine and used metalic paper and brass wire to bring some light to the piece. Posted by Picasa
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3 comments:

Jen said...

The light is beautiful, you can really see it shining through. It brings life to the piece. Jen

10:13 AM
Liz Plummer said...

I love the way you've put these colours together - they work gloriously.

12:10 PM
arlee said...

And i'm quite taken by *your* monoprints---we need to talk!

11:50 AM

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