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have a good weekend!

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experiencing texture

i've always shunned textures. working with textures was,for me, an easy,obvious solution or effect.
like using red in a composition-instant miracle! .maybe it's a peeve developed in the 70's with all that lumpy clumpy look. visual texture is another thing, takes much thought as it is a more sophisticated resource.but again this is just me.

the time has come to experiment with  puff paint in surface design and actually playing around.
the above is a sandwich of florist mesh, lutradur, poly organza and puff paint stitched together and zapped with a heat gun to see what happened.  high drama.i think it could take a bit more heat to expose the bottom layers, but heat guns are treacherous animals.




stamped on lutradur, good definition, but lacks dimensionality 

 nice lace effect on lutradur good puffiness, controlled heat gun.
lutradur laciness can be exploited to an advantage.

thick application, some puffiness. could work once painted.

 parchment paper with photo transfer, slick surface. good puffiness which leads me to infer that the less porous the surface the better the result and the more controllable the heat.





it's been fun and liberating, no pressure to create a finished work. like sampling at the loom!


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cool

temperature it means i'm weaving again!  and a two shuttle weave nonetheless. the numerous heatwaves took their toll on equipment too, the loom cords stretched out so everything had to be readjusted again.

yahoo news insists on saying that a car in italy melted due to the heat.unless it was made of: ice, cheap chinese plastic or putty i don't see how. adding that italy,even during a heat wave, is no hotter than mauritania or the arabic peninsula on a regular day. 

a close up of the fabric.i think my camera wants to say good bye and exit.having a hard time getting well focused photos.






while on the focus topic-rant alert.
what's with google now?are they forcing people to sign up to google circles or google plus?
there are some blogs that get changed and you can only comment through those services.not only does everyone want your mobile as a security backup just in case. tsk, snigger,snigger; yes sure because they are concerned about us. end of rant.





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