Thursday, October 23, 2008

12. Botanic Gardens Weekend of Week 5

8th Sept
I wanted to bring forward that marbling experiment I did on to cloth. I used the same materials but it remained really stiff where the paints went on.





I tried to treat the surface by quilting (to resemble the surface of the leaf of the waterlily) but it did not work out very well, the relief was almost insignificant.

I wanted it to be more dramatic in terms of its texture so I tried with an untreated piece of 100% cotton with 2 layers of sponge underneath.

It turned out quite well besides the fact that some bits are quite untidy but if this could be printed on a piece of fabric, it would be interesting since there are shadows on the print that would make the garment look as if it was quilted.

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