I stitched a sampler nine patch with various materials and threads.
Then hemmed and glued it onto a small stretched canvas. Waited 24 hours for the glue to dry then gave it one coat of impasto gel. It did "fossilise" quite nicely although the maroon material went very dark. Again 24 hours later I gave it another coat of the gel to get a slightly harder effect. I probably wouldn't have needed to do this if I had purchased the Heavy Gel! Anyway it was a good experiment and I'm now working on some more small pieces.
It's fun to play!
This sounds really interesting Judy. Do you use the stiffened pieces on cards after they are finished. I think I have impasto gel in among my paints I would love to hear what you do with the finished article.
ReplyDeleteShirley, You could use small pieces for cards or as Deb has done, large works mounted on stretched canvas. The impasto goes on translucent but dries clear although it does effect some materials differently. It's great experimenting though and I hope to get some heavy gel eventually to see the difference.
ReplyDeletegreat textures and such gorgeous colours!
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