Last weekend, I attended a mixed media workshop. It forced me to break out of my comfort zone! For support we used MDF board, (which is new for me). MDF is a piece of pressed wood board that can be picked up at Home Depot inexpensively. They will even cut it to size for you! We gessoed and then textured the support with "custom patch" which is also available from Home Depot. The instructor supplied us with US Post mailer envelopes made of that plasticky paper. These we painted with acrylic paint, then ironed until they shrunk up and became bubbly. We adhered the shrunken bits of plasticky paper to our support with YES, which is an archival glue that can be found at Michaels. We also added metallic finish to our work using metallic paint or paper, thin pieces of copper, gold and silver leaf and grommets and nails. Lots of experimentation and lots of fun! Above are some materials used. Below is one of my finished pieces that I titled "Ribbons of Gold". I am looking forward to creating more pieces using these new techniques!
