Showing posts with label Tyvek. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tyvek. Show all posts

Monday, 1 September 2008

Tyvek and Suzi Workshop

I went to the Beetroot Tree gallery today and bought some of this:It feels like a cross between paper and plastic.

I cut out some pieces, snipped them round the edges, painted them with Lumiere paint and LuminArte powders......

...then put them between 2 pieces of baking parchment and pressed with an iron.
It shrivels in a bubbly kind of way.




I really like the results - its such an interesting texture. Next step...stitching and beading.

In my Suzi Blu workshop we have been learning how to shade with pencil crayons - here's my latest attempt. I think there are signs of improvement!!

(In answer to Judy's question in comments box - you're right, Tyvek is used for all sorts of things, see http://www2.dupont.com/Tyvek/en_US/index.html )

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