I have collected a variety of contemporary textiles together, all from my stash, a mixture of natural and synthetic materials.
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Fruit netting, coral skeleton, raffia and feathers.
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Arranged in a design, inspired by Chapter 1. This is not stitched.
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Layers of lutradur, melted with heat gun, side1. Although the fabric is synthetic, once melted it looks very natural.
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I prefer this side, the underside.
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Tyvek treated with heat gun. The surface hardens once heated.
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Ridges marked with paintstiks.
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Heated again so that the paint melts and forms globules
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Tyvek painted with metallic silver paint and heated. It has a very pleasing surface, shiny and rucked.
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Tyvek painted in metallic copper, black and silver and heated, purple paintstik applied to ridges. It has the look of rocks, washed by the sea.
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Painted tyvek and tissue paper, heated and skimmed with paintstiks. The surface here is slightly less shiny.
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Newspaper covered with muslin. Acrylic wax applied to honesty seeds to prevent seed cases splitting. Black outline stitched around seed cases to secure.
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Crumpled glossy magazine paper, painted with acrylic wax to give it a 'leather' look.
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Shredded paper, backed with soluble fabric and stitched, then ruffled up. Inspired by photo of 2 women in Chapter 1.
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Magazine and shredded paper, bonded together.
