I
am trying to purge and get rid of needless things but keeping finding
cool stuff to use in art so it is "crazy time". This week it was a
Chinese tea block which I have had for years. I decided to use it as a
mold then make a mold from it.
Supplies were:
Tea Block
Creative Paperclay®
Brayer
Liquid latex
I
just put a pancake of Creative Paperclay® directly on the tea block and
brayered it down. I didn't care if tea particles stuck to it as I was
going for texture and was just experimenting.
When the
Creative Paperclay® had dried it looked like an old architectural shard.
I did brush off excess particles with an old toothbrush.
I
added a wash then went over it with some dry brushing in raw sienna and
burnt umber. At this point I have no idea what I am going to do with
this piece but since my work is like creating puzzles I am sure this is
just the piece I will need some day for one of my paintings.
The other day I had picked up some liquid latex so decided to see if I could make a mold off the tea block.
After applying it to the block I left it on overnight. In the morning
it was cured and I could peel it off. The result was so wonderful that I
am ready to make tons of molds this way.
Then
I decided to see how well it would stamp into the Creative Paperclay®.
The mold seemed very thin so I wasn't sure how well this would come out
but it worked very well.
Needless to say, I had a great time just playing around.
Play, dream in color and get your hands dirty.
Darlene Olivia McElroy
1 comment:
Oh, oh, what a cool tea bock! I've been wanting something Asian to go a project I am working on but keep putting it aside because I can't find exactly what I want. This is exactly what I've been searching for. Must get it out again and start looking around. You have inspired me! Great work!!!
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