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Third day of the workshop and I\u00b4m ecstatic to learn a technique I\u00b4ve wondered about for over 20 years. I know it doesn\u00b4t look like much in the pictures, but you can truly make astounding pieces of art this way. It\u00b4s all about knowing a bit about the qualities or qualifications of the different fabrics and a bit about chemistry!<\/p>\n
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First I used a special binder to glue together two pieces of fabric, one cellulose-based, the other animal-based (well, silk, really, wool doesn\u00b4t do too well here). When they are fused together, I put the fabric in a metal bowl of quite strong alkali, and after only a few minutes the cellulose-based fabric starts to shrink. Ten minutes I leave it in the bath, before wringing it out, and start rinsing it. To help speed the process of neutralizing it, I put a little strong vinegar in the rinsing water, and repeated 4-5 times, before I checked the ph-value to see if it was ok. Sending it through a rinse program in the washing machine, to get the last remnants out, and then ruble-drying it till it was almost dry.<\/p>\n
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As you can see, the cotton\/rayon behind the silk has shrunk, and the silk is still it\u00b4s original size. Where the fabric is not glued together, the silk bulges freely. Where they\u00b4re glued together, it\u00b4s firm. I bet you can\u00b4t see it, but I used my naked-rock silkscreen frame for this test; here it looks almost abstract! You can make the most amazing things depending on the gluing-pattern and the use of colors as well. I only had time for a white-on-white-test. So, so cool! I want to do A LOT more of this. And talking of wants, I want to learn more chemistry! It\u00b4s so interesting! Anyone can recommend a book? (Chemistry for Dummies, perhaps \ud83d\ude09 )<\/p>\n
And Happy National day to all Norwegians today! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n
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Third day of the workshop and I\u00b4m ecstatic to learn a technique I\u00b4ve wondered about for over 20 years. I know it<\/p>\n