Letztes Wochenende war ein sehr schönes Wochenende für mich: Ich habe meine 2.Heimat München besucht und habe dort an einem 2-tägigem Textil-Workshop von Ineke Berlyn in den Ausstellungsräumen von "Quilt- und Textilkunst" teilgenommen. Am Samstag hat der Kurs " Black Magic" stattgefunden. Die Teilnehmer hatten die Aufgabe einen schwarzen, unifarbenen Stoff zu gestalten. Zunächst wurde der Stoff mit Discharge-Paste und mit Hilfe von Thermofax-Screens entfärbt. Anschließend wurde der Stoff mit Metallic-Stofffarben und den Screens bedruckt. Dann wurde die Textilie mit Metallic-Garnen mit der Maschine bestickt oder gequiltet. Danach wurde der Stoff mit weiteren glitzernden Embellishments wie Organza,Perlen usw. verziert. Der fertige Stoff konnte dann zu Taschen, Kissen oder anderem weiter verarbeitet werden. Ich finde, es sind wirklich ansprechende und schöne Stoffe von der Kursteilnehmern entstanden. Obwohl alle das gleiche Ausgangsmaterial hatten, sind doch sehr unterschiedliche, individuelle Stoffe entstanden. Last weekend was a very nice weekend for me: I visited my 2. home Munich, where I participated in a 2-day textil-workshop by Ineke Berlyn in the exhibition rooms of "Quilt- und Textilkunst". On Saturday the course "Black Magic" has taken place. Participants had the task to create up a black, plain-colored fabric. First, the material was discolored by using discharge paste and Thermofax screens . Subsequently, the material were printed with metallic fabric colors and the screens . Then the fabric was embroidered or quilted with metallic yarn by machine . Thereafter, the fabric was decorated with other glittering embellishments such as organza, beads, etc. . The finished fabric was then able to process to bags, pillow or other things. I think they were really attractive and beautiful fabrics created from the students . Although all had the same starting material, but very different, individual fabrics are formed. Ineke Berlyn looking at my fabric The results of "Black Magic"-Day My unfinished fabric Am 2.Tag haben wir gelernt mit Lutradur, einem neuen textilen Material, zu arbeiten. Wir hatten die Aufgabe einen Landschaftsquilt mit Lutradur nach eigener Vorlage zu arbeiten. Zunächst wurde das Lutradur mit Stoffmalfarben eingefärbt und entsprechend zugeschnitten und appliziert. Einige Teilnehmer haben mit Paintsticks gearbeitet, einige haben das Lutradur mit dem Lötkolben bearbetet. Der Landschaftsquilt wurde dann noch mit der Maschine bestickt. Auch hier sind völlig verschiedene und sehr schöne Sachen entstanden. Meine Werke von den beiden Tagen sind noch nicht ganz fertig geworden. Ich muß sie erst noch beenden, daher kann ich sie noch nicht zeigen. Aber das wird nachgeholt. On the second day, we have learned to work with Lutradur, a new textile material . We had to create a landscape-quilt with Lutradur after own invention. First, the Lutradur was colored with fabric paints and correspondingly cut and applied. Some participants have been working with paint sticks, some have worshiped the Lutradur with a soldering iron. Then the landscape quilts were embroidered with the machine. Here, too, completely different and very beautiful things were created.My works of the two days have not become quite finished. I must finish yet, so I can show it now. But it will be provided. The results from Lutradur Ineke Berlyn hat natürlich auch einige ihrer schönen Werke mitgebracht, die wir natürlich ausgiebig studiert haben. Hier sind ein paar ihrer Quilts: Ineke Berlyn has also brought some of her beautiful work with her, which of course we have studied extensively. Here are a few of her quilts: Diese zwei Tage haben mir einen Einblick in die spannende Welt der Textilkunst gezeigt. Mir hat es sehr großen Spaß gemacht und ich bin mit dem Kopf voller Ideen und Eindrücke nach Hause gekommen. Diese Zeit hat mich sehr inspiriert. Ich habe nette, kreative Leute kennen gelernt. Dieses Wochenende war eine echte Bereicherung für mich. So habe ich mich dann auch mit neuem Kreativ-Material eingedeckt. Ich habe mir von "Quilt- und Textilkunst" einige neue Bücher, ein Soldering Iron, Fabric-medium, Paintsticks, Lutradur und Tyvek mitgenommen, damit ich in der nächsten Zeit einige meiner Ideen damit umsetzen kann. These two days have shown me an insight into the exciting world of textile art. It was great fun and I came home with a head full of ideas and impressions . This time was very inspired to me. I have met nice, creative people .This weekend was a real enrichment to me. So then I stocked up with new creative materials. I've taken away by "Quilt- und Textilkunst" some new books, a soldering iron, fabric medium, Paintsticks, Lutradur and Tyvek, so I can implement with them some of my ideas in the near future.
My sister Theresa and I have been talking about having bead making day with Tyvek for some time now, in fact it was almost a year ago since we planned to do it after last years Creative Stitches show in SECC in Glasgow and thats on again the weekend after next We spent some time in my little studio on Monday having fun red, green and gold green blue and purple yellow, pink and lilac I also made these up from some tyvek I had painted and machine stitched a while ago. Im really pleased with the results, they are quite organic Theresa made the most gorgous pink and turquoise ones but I forgot to take a picture before she took them home. I will try and get one and add it in Thanks for stopping by Yvonne x Update 20~3~2012 Theresas beads and another set she made lovely texture in these.
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As I mentioned in my last blog post, I told Jacqueline how I had intended to have a play with Tyvek. I have had some in the workroom for some time but had never got around to using it. Then while at Ally Pally I bought this book: Contemporary Knitting for Textile Artists by Ruth Lee. I have admired Ruth Lee’s work for some time. I bought her first book, this one… ..back in 1990 while taking a City & Guilds in Machine Knitting. A fabulous book that I have referred to time and time again. The new book has, amongst other things, some interesting pieces of work using a combination of Tyvek and machine knitted wire. I then read an interview with Ruth in the current issue of Workshop on the Web where she goes through some of the secrets of how she constructed the distressed down-at-heel shoes which feature in her ‘Hand Me Downs’ installation using Tyvek, machine knitted wire and machine stitching. All really good stuff and well worth reading. Although I had the Tyvek film, which melts very easily, as opposed to the sheets, I still decided to have a go at combining it with machine knitted wire. I used Distress Inks to cover some Tyvek I had painted previously with acrylic paint. And I used the same inks to cover a white piece of Tyvek and a piece of Lutrador. With the Tyvek I splattered a few drops of the ink over the surface before dipping the brush in water and spreading it. I then took a piece of kitchen towel and rubbed at the ink so that I was left with light and dark patches. Tyvek Lutradur This is how the kitchen towel looked when I had finished, destined for the bin at first, but then I decided to save it and use elsewhere. I used 0.20mm gauge wire with a metallic thread. The first one, copper coloured is knitted with a Maderia metallic thread. This one, light gold, has one of those really cheap metallic threads knitted with it. In the photo you can see where the thread has broken and I have knitted with just the wire. Dark area is with thread, light area is without. In this sample the layers, from bottom to top, are Lutradur, book page, machine knitted wire, Tyvek. The Tyvek was cut into wide strips and laid on top of each other. Using a polyester thread I machine stitched on top. I then used the iron to melt the Tyvek. Notice how the horizontal strip appears darker than the vertical strips. Does anyone know why? I used the heat gun on the reverse to melt the Lutradur. This next sample is machine knitted wire sandwiched between Lutrador and Tyvek, machine stitched over the top and melted with the heat gun. Here I have used one of the kitchen towels, once again sandwiched between Lutradur and Tyvek with machine stitching to hold the layers in place. In this sample I have used Tyvek previously painted with acrylic paints as the base layer with machine knitted wire in the centre and an ink painted piece on top. Machine stitching with a polyester thread holds the layers in place. Once again, the mix as above, but this time the base layer is a thicker Tyvek, easier to work with I think. I wondered if Fibre in-Form foil would fuse to any of these surfaces without either an adhesive or melting the surface even further. I used a warm iron and found that the film did melt a little more but I think the sheets would withstand a bit extra heat. I also believe that I would have got a better result if I had used either the edge of the iron or the Clover mini iron. These are the samples I foiled. The foil doesn't show up very well in these photos but there is a reasonable amount on there. And then I wondered if maybe I could fuse the foil onto the surface while melting the Tyvek at the same time. And yes, it works. I seem to have been a bit heavy handed but once again this is the film – I think it would be better with the thicker sheets. This sample has a layer of Tyvek on each side with machine knitted wire in the middle. Machine stitching with polyester thread holds the layers in place. I also decided to try Xpandaprint on top of Tyvek, melting one and expanding the other at the same time. I placed a piece of previously painted Tyvek on to cotton velvet that had been coloured with Walnut Ink. A rayon thread was used for some freehand machine embroidery and Xpandaprint was dabbed on the surface. Once dry the surface was subjected to the heat gun. The whole piece was then painted with household emulsion paint. Painted with blue Quink writing ink. Bleach was then lightly brushed on. This photo was taken just a few seconds after the bleach had been added. And this one and the close up below were taken a couple of minutes later. And finally, these photos were all taken some time later once the bleach had dried. Definitely worth pursuing, but now I’m all out of Tyvek - so watch this space :) I ought to add at this point that if you are melting Tyvek and/or Lutradur please make sure you take all sensible precautions with regards to health and safety.
I used leaf stamps and Jacquard Lumiere paint on the heavier lutradur. I let it dry, then I cut them out and blasted them with the heat gun set on HIGH. I straightened them out while they were still hot (yes, I have burnt fingertips to prove it.) I'm not crazy about these. I will probably get out the paints and add a layer of color. These are the lighter weight of lutradur. I discovered that they look much nicer with the heat gun set at the lower setting and some extra patience. The "leaf" on the upper right was done on high, with the other two on low. It took a bit longer, but the result is more what I was hoping for -- a kind of lacy result. Again, I used the lower heat setting; but a much nicer result, I think. A little more heat and a little more patience would benefit this one. And because it's Halloween, I just had to use the spider web stamp. I used the high setting on the heat gun and it's almost dissolved. But still spooky, if you're into that...
I needed to make something for Pauline on the theme of 'women's faces'. I had all sorts of weird and wonderful ideas, but settled on something simple, and (I hope) elegant. I bought this large heart shaped locket a long time ago, and have been waiting for the right time to use it. Pauline likes purple, so I gave it a rub with Royal Amethyst Treasure Gold, left it for a while, then polished it with a soft cloth to make it shine. For the insides, I took some watercolour paper, then stamped the two faces (both Stampers Anonymous stamps) with Ranger perfect medium, then brushed gently with several shades of purple chalks. I then brushed with Plum Perfect Pearls, which gave a lovely shimmer. However, they didn't look quite 'finished', so I gave them a thin coat of soft gel medium, and stamped into it with a detailed stamp. I let it dry, and gave it a very thin coat of White Fire Treasure Gold, using a very light touch, just skimming over the high points. You can't see this on the scan, but it gives it a sort of tapestry look, and you can see the pattern of the stamp I used when you move the locket in the light. Sadly, the coat of gel medium covered up the Perfect Pearl shimmer, but overall it improved the images! I hope Pauline likes it.
What is Lutradur? Lutradur is a spun-bond polyester stabilizer and it comes in two weights, 70 grams, and 100 grams. The 70-gram Lutradur melts easier and at a lower heat, whereas the 100-gram Lutradur is more difficult to melt but better to print on. Painting Lutradur This medium is wonderful for added dimension in your…
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There is something seductive about lutradur and when a new idea comes along using this fabulous material I feel compelled to meet the challenge.In the premiere issue of Fibre and Stitch is an article by Carol McFee titled Lutradur and Lace. I suddenly knew what to do with some lace I had purchased about 2 years ago at a Thrift Shop. I'm not fond of the lace pattern, too frilly for me, but when I started cutting it apart to glue onto the lutradur the reason I had purchased the lace became clear; texture! The idea of this technique is to layer lace and cheesecloth onto lutradur to create textural designs or a pattern or . . . And then paint the surface.Once the lace, cheesecloth (and paper strips) were loosely adhered I turned the lutradur over and painted it with crimson fluid acrylic. An exciting thing happened. The crimson paint that flowed into the lutradur didn't completely saturate the strips of lace and cheesecloth on the front side but it did create a layer of color behind them; the cheesecloth and lace remained mostly white. (I wish that the camera had been able to discern some of the details) I didn't have a plan in mind when I created the vertical lines with the lace, etc, but once the crimson paint dried a plan started to develop; one I wouldn't normally have gone in. I've never used this palette of crimson, gold, burnt umber, and green before. At this point I'm considering a few possibilities for further work on it. In person this piece looks like vintage fabric
Two scrumptious Tyvek corsages. We had a great weekend at Foredown Tower, a small but perfectly formed group of five. It was a great ...
My art group met at the first of June and we played with Tyvek. We were inspired by Karen L’s recent post here. We cut up Tyvek envelopes, painted and heated them with a variety of heat tool…
I painted some Lutradur using Jacquard paints with Liquitex Iridescent Medium added for some sheen: And layered the Lutradur with o...
Here are some more examples of my Tyvek experiments. First up is a pin-tuck square. I started with painted Tyvek, then layered on some dyed cheese cloth. I took this combo to my sewing machine and …
This is the finished surface for a Textile 21 exhibtion piece at Norton priory see littleworksofart.blogspot.com
Hello This week I am sharing notebooks (nothing new there!) where I worked with Tyvek to create the notebook covers and to add organic d...
My art group met at the first of June and we played with Tyvek. We were inspired by Karen L’s recent post here. We cut up Tyvek envelopes, painted and heated them with a variety of heat tool…
This is a skeleton leaf which I created in response to the 4th quarter challenge from the Felting and Fibre Studio. The subject matter was chosen by Zed, who specialises in felt making, and it req…
Close up Lutradur journal page Close Up Flower Flower border Lutradur and Hand Stitched Panel Lutradur and machine embroidered panels Mixed media panel with lutradur heated beads Painted and soldered obelisk structures Soldered doilie booklets Soldered lutradur journal page Tiny lutradur soldered fairy houses
When beginning an illustration, I usually have no preconceived idea where it will go or what the finished work will look like. The story unfolds as layers are created and often the end result is a total surprise. This is the way I like to work, implying an untold story that the viewer can participate in, leaving clues and evidence of what might have happened. There is no absolute answer and the story can change at any given moment.I am reminded of an old Calvin and Hobbs cartoon in which Calvin is working on a paint-by-number painting. Hobbs, looking over his shoulder remarkes "Hey, that's not right.... you're supposed to follow the numbers!" Calvin's reply: "But then my picture would look just like the one on the box..... " Calvin gets it.
Two scrumptious Tyvek corsages. We had a great weekend at Foredown Tower, a small but perfectly formed group of five. It was a great ...
Known as Lutradur this product is also sold as Rainbowspun in Australia. It is a fine fabric, made of spun polyester material. It is light and wispy and looks a bit like fairy floss being made. …
Later this month I will exhibiting at an arts and crafts event at the Baumber Walled Gardens near Horncastle so I’ve been making various small items, including these Tyvek Brooches, for the sales t…
Well I've had a lovely day playing with the Lutradur that Kim gave me and I'm pleased with the results. I used a plain piece of paper as i didn't think they would turn out as well as they did and adhered the Lutradur directly on to it using my trusty old soldering iron friend to make designs in to it. I then peeled off any Lutrador not required leaving what i did want adhered to the surface. I over laid flowers and leaves on top of this and made marks in to them to adhere them also. They were then further decorated with machine stitchery and this afternoon i spent a pleasant couple of hours hand sewing in to them and adding beads and sequins along with pre made organza leaves and flowers from my organza workshop scrap box
A stunning and creative landscape which captures the atmosphere and soft colours of an early morning.
This is a skeleton leaf which I created in response to the 4th quarter challenge from the Felting and Fibre Studio. The subject matter was chosen by Zed, who specialises in felt making, and it req…
Inchies...I really thought that 1" x 1" would be too small to do anything interesting so I didn't immediately sign up for the exchange in our heARTist trading group http://heartisttradingcards.blogspot.com/. But...I loved the inchies Karen Musgrave and Marie Johansen made and didn't want to miss out on receiving some tiny treasures, so I joined the inchie madness. I don't usually work huge—I like anything from ATC size to 5"x7" to 24"x24", but really, what could I do on a 1" square? I started by rummaging through my scrap box. The box isn't leftover junk, it has leftover pieces of favorite projects that are too small to use, or unfinished projects that didn't quite come out right but still have interesting elements. I found a special scrap I had been saving from a project a while back—it was a rectangle of tyvek, made from a recycled USPS mailing envelope. I had painted the inside with an goldish-olive metallic Lumiere paint, splattered it with gold, white, copper and turquoise Lumiere dribbles, then (after it was dry) distressed it quickly with a hot, dry iron. Tyvek, especially the recycled kind, puckers and bubbles and melts unevenly, and you never know what the result will be. (If you try this, please wear a mask and have good ventilation!) I randomly chopped the piece into 1" squares, then sorted through them to find the most interesting sections. Some I used as they were, and others I hand-stitched together to make them more interesting. I added teeny turquoise seed beads and some tiny chunks of turquoise stone. I backed them with peltex for stability, and instead of using glue, I attached the peltex with tiny criss-cross stitches to add texture. The final touch was adding brown fabric marker at the edges to cover the white peltex that peeked out. It is interesting that a man-made fiber—tyvek—can have such an organic quality when it is painted and melted. The technique doesn't work as well using ordinary acrylic paint—I have found that only Lumiere gives me the effect I like. Now I'm ready to do more inchies! They are the perfect way to use up the itty bitty scraps that are too pretty to thow away, but not big enough for any other project.
This is some painted Tyvek that I heated with the heat gun after painting both sides. This first photo is the side I hit with the heat gun. The bubbles face away from the heat. I felt like I had more control over the heat -- when I use my iron, it seems really easy to get it too hot and cause holes. Of course, it's much less flat than a piece done sandwiched in between two layers of parchment and ironed. But I was able to reheat the curled edges and flip them so they didn't fold into themselves -- I used the clamp from the lutradur experiment so I didn't burn my fingers. This is the side that faced away from the gun. The paint had soaked through from the other side and there are tiny pinpoints of color under the thin layer of gold iridescent ink. I watered down the inks when I painted them on the Tyvek. My daughter thinks this looks like a fungus. And this is some building that is going on nearby. I was wondering if this stuff is thicker than the stuff I bought. Also, how do they install it? Is it the backside of the insulation? Or does it come on rolls and is stapled up?
this closeup shows the use of interference paints to achieve a shimmer effect littleworksofart.blogspot.com
If you have used water soluble embroidery paper or fabric, you have probably made needle lace to embellish a piece of work. If you take a scrap of any weight of Lutradur (except, perhaps XL; I haven't tried it, but I don't think it's worth it...), and free motion stitch into it, in interlapping circles (or in my case, rough approximations of circles). My preferred weight for this is Lutradur 30. As you stitch into the cloth, you will find that it distorts and puckers readily. That's not a problem, as you will be burning out most of the cloth anyway. You can use this technique on either plain white or coloured fabric; here, I've used transfer dyed Lutradur and a variegated thread. The photographs have been taken over a brown envelope, just to let you see the holes. You might remember that I used this technique to make a flower here. Why not try it with some scrap, and see how you get on? I prefer it to 'lace' made with water soluble materials, as it is stronger, and, if you don't burn out all of the fabric, you get the remains of the cloth adding colour as well as strength.
Known as Lutradur this product is also sold as Rainbowspun in Australia. It is a fine fabric, made of spun polyester material. It is light and wispy and looks a bit like fairy floss being made. …
Two scrumptious Tyvek corsages. We had a great weekend at Foredown Tower, a small but perfectly formed group of five. It was a great ...
I’ve just got back from spending a wonderful day with Jacky Hopkin and her group of ladies who meet at Waltham Windmill on the outskirts of Grimsby. I was invited over to teach them the tech…
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Lutradur heat distressing 1. . Spunart.
My art group met at the first of June and we played with Tyvek. We were inspired by Karen L’s recent post here. We cut up Tyvek envelopes, painted and heated them with a variety of heat tool…
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Here are some more examples of my Tyvek experiments. First up is a pin-tuck square. I started with painted Tyvek, then layered on some dyed cheese cloth. I took this combo to my sewing machine and …
In my last post I showed some of the brooches I’ve been making out of Tyvek. This month I thought I would continue with the “man made” fabric theme and show you how I make my Lutradur leaves. Lutr…
Two scrumptious Tyvek corsages. We had a great weekend at Foredown Tower, a small but perfectly formed group of five. It was a great ...
