Something About Nothing

This months meeting at the Utah Surface Design Group was wonderful!  We had three demonstrations, each one just as wonderful as the last.  I got wrapped up in the first demonstration and forgot to pull out my camera until it was over.  I hate when I do that! Sally taught us how to make glue gun stencils and masks to use with painting and mono-printing.  These are a few glue gun stencils I made in the past, but I plan to make more especially because of three great tips Sally gave: 1.  Use a glue gun with a very small tip to get lovely fine lines.  The one she recommended is from Ad Tech  and can be used cool or hot.  It can also be used without the cord for about 5 minutes! 2. Once you draw out your design place a piece of parchment paper or a teflon craft sheet over the top of the creation to flatten the design.  A flat image is much easier to use as a mask! 3. Little blobs or circles of glue can be painted with nail polish and then glu...

When I blogged about my love of back-to-school supplies my friend Rayna mentioned that she likes to use gel glue to create designs on her silk screens. I had used gel glue as a batik resist and so I knew I had to try this as soon as possible!  I drew some circles and squiggles with the glue onto the wrong side of a blank silk screen and let it dry for a couple of days - NOT because it took that long to dry but because that is how long it was until I was ready to use it! I pulled out a strip of ice dyed fabric and some textile paint and went to town. My first try was with white and. . .  . . .OH MY COOLNESS!  After several printings of white, I added blue and purple.  I LOVE IT!  Here are a few close ups:  So much lusciousness!  Here is part of the back so that you can imagine more of what I started with.  I ended up decorating the paper underneath as well.   Oh so pretty...