Fossils

I haven't posted for a while because I have been busy finishing my pieces

for our upcoming exhibition at Rook Lane Gallery in Frome.

Below is just a little taster of the pieces all inspired

by Hagstones.

Each piece measures 10" square

There are 9 in total and when hung will

form a 3x3 tile measuring

32" square with the spacing inbetween 

each one.

 

So now they are done I have been playing with Xpandaprint

and some stencils of fossils and fish.

I followed the technique shown by 

Lynda Monk 

I used EZ screens and exposed them using my 

own designs.  I find I have better results exposing them

using sunlight rather than an exposure lamp.

With the weather we've had here in the UK lately 

I had to wait a while!

Two of the screens exposed and drying on the washing line!

 

Xpandaprint printed through the screen ready for heating.

I think there is a little too much Xpandaprint on the fabric.

 

Two of the ammonite fragments on a stitched

grid on the Tyvek, the one on the left

didn't need to be on on the grid as it has connecting lines.

The one on the right has lost some of it's definition as too

much paste was applied.

 

 

I love the fragments left over from the heating/melting

process, these have the potential to turn into pieces of rock!

 

As well as using Tyvek I decided to try out the Xpandaprint on

soluble paper.  Above is the fish stencil, the one on the left is the 

soluble paper.

 

After heating I popped the paper into water and as you can

see from the above picture the result wasn't what I had hoped for!

Xpandaprint doesn't gel well together on its own, it

definitley needs a stabiliser behind it.

Finally I wanted to add some colour to the fossils.

For these two I used Adirondack Inks with a 

little bit of  bronze acrylic brushed over the top when dry.

 

Am fairly pleased with the results for a first go.  Ideally

I would like to try and get the Xpandaprint a little thinner 

when printing through the screen.