I chose yellow and blue threads as my warm and cool colours, with the same metallic threads in corresponding squares. I was surprised at the difference between the two samples. I used straight and zigzag stitch as well as whip and cable stitch and kept a note of the different metallic threads in my sketchbook.
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Comparing the two samples. There is a definite difference between warm and cool.
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This time I chose a mid-gold thread in the top, with the bobbin colours displayed in the image below. I found that if I loosened the top tension slightly (to 4), this helped my machine to run without any problems.
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Back view.
In the following samples, I have experimented with metallic paints, powders and foils.
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Bondaweb, painted with metallic paint, ironed onto black felt.
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Metallic paint on Tyvek, which was then heated to distort it.
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Fine acrylic black fabric, iridescent white and purple Markal paintsticks rubbed over a stencil.
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Fine acrylic black fabric, iridescent orange paintstick rubbed over a stencil.
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Black corduroy fabric, white and orange paintstick rubbed repeatedly over a stencil.
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A bit of an experiment here. Purple paintstitck, rubbed over a stencil on kitchen foil. This has not photographed well but the paint did set, which surprised me.
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Bondaweb cut into zigzags and ironed with foils.
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Foils and very fine glitter ironed onto bondaweb.
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Foils ironed onto FuseFX.
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Bondaweb sprinkled with mica powders, ironed, folded and cut.
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Bondaweb shapes sprinkled with mica powders and torn. A more natural result.
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Bondaweb strips covered with foils, Xpanda print added, heated and then painted with metallic paint.
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Coloured Xpanda print on copper sheet, applied through a stencil.
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Copper mesh, passed through a 'rippler' and heated.
All these experiments produced fascinating results which I hope will be very useful in future projects.
