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Friday, May 11, 2007

String Challenge!!

I have been so busy playing with leaves, that I decided to take a little diversion and join a challenge posted on one of the Yahoo Groups I belong to.
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"Make some art using string!"
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Well, since I LOVE making backgrounds and have been quite smitten with watercolors and spray bottles lately............here is what I came up with! :)
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I started with a piece of watercolor paper and folded it in half. I cut up bits of nylon string and laid the bits over 1/2 of the page. I then took some other pieces of the string and seperated the individual strands. I laid the strands randomly over the other pieces of string.


I then sprayed watercolors over the string. (I just mixed up tube watercolors with water in a spray bottle) I made sure the string and paper were very saturated.


I then folded the watercolor paper in half and weighed the paper down. (you like my very specialized "watercolor paper monoprinter"??) By folding the paper over, I'm hoping to get a negative image on the other 1/2 of the paper. (A negative monoprint)


Taaaaaa Daaaaaaaaaaaaa!! Hey!! It actually did what I was hoping for!! How crazy is THAT?!? LOL!!! So, I see the left side as a background and the right side as a piece to stamp over. Pretty nifty!!!!!!!!!
Well, this was a fun challenge........I don't think I would have done this w/out the push to use string!!! I see lots of possibilities ----- using different strings, combining strings, using different colors and mediums! FUN!!

6 comments:

  1. WOW this is gorgeous. It turned out very well!!

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  2. Very cool Susan! you are just chockful of great ideas and inspirations!! :-)

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  3. that very custom - very cool!
    aren't watercolors the best :)

    thanks for sharing!!

    Etha
    http://www.moregreenwool.com

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  4. This turned out brilliantly great job.. Love it...

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  5. Gorgeousness defined! I love it very much.

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  6. You are one great experimenter...love looking at all your examples...a real inspirational blog you have here.
    you should have one of those sign up thingys for your blog. Happy creating....

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