Project 2: Experiments

Well my first attempt was using granny net curtains, (the ones that are just mesh) with PVA to see if this would stiffen it enough to take the form of the hand.

The single piece would just not stay in any of the contours with the PVA and was just too floppy a fabric, so then I ripped some strips, distressing areas into threads before applying the glue.

 

I did like these stiffened thready bits as this is more along the lines of what I'm after (I think)

Well although it's half term everyone in this household seems to have some sort of lurgy, well apart from me and the dog, so not being able to go anywhere has at least given me time to try some more.  The next material being crepe paper.  This has a kind of subtle crinkled surface which gives it a kind of stretch.  Ideal I thought for taking contours.  Unfortunately it's way too fragile in a single layer as when I tried to brush on a bi of PVA it broke apart so instead I had to use a few layers.

The end result looks a bit too solid and a bit like papier mache but I do like the look when it has light shining through it and I like the unevenness which almost looks like skin and its wrinkles and lines.