The course I did at the Alston Hall/Contemporary Quilt summer school was on landscape, tutored by Ineke Berlin. After supper on Friday we spent a couple of hours in the studio painting lutradur, which is a "polyester spun web" - very strong, and takes paint well. We tried both the thick and the thin, and dabbed, swooshed, and sprayed, then left it to dry.
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The next day we experimented with many things. I finally tried Markal (Shiva) oil sticks, and found by happy accident that by using an edge as a stencil and then moving it to the other side, you could get a 3d-looking tree trunk. Another discovery was to use the soldering iron to bond synthetic fabric onto the lutradur - the two synthetics melt together.
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By Sunday afternoon I had 4 pieces on the go, all on a foresty theme (probably inspired by that woodland walk...) - and the one on the right, "spooky forest", all but finished.
Thank you for sharing your Lutradur "experiments". I have some and have been holding it wondering what to do! Your pieces are fabulous
ReplyDeleteThanks for the pictures Margaret - have been meaning to paint Lutrador for a while now. Must go and get the paints out! Helen
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