Texture Pack
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This is a great starter to help as you begin to collect textures to
add dimension to your paper.Blank
Plastic Sheets - 2 sheets of 12x9 1/2 plastic
deckle without anything cut out, Dry paper on it for a smooth finish, or
"draw" shapes on with a glue gun and press paper on it to
create your own unique texture. #BLA $7.95 Add
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Adding Texture
- Once you have mastered making a nice sheet of paper you are ready to add
your own special touches to make it more interesting. Once way to do this is
to vary the texture. This can be done by making an all over pattern on your
paper by placing any piece of fabric on the wet paper before sponging and then
pressing it into the paper when you sponge.
You can turn a wet piece of paper, before
sponging, onto an old board’s surface, couch it there and let it dry. It
will have the grain of the board embossed onto it. Our paper casting mold
release spray will help the embossed image release from the surface.
(It is not absolutely necessary, but it makes
it easier.) Other textures to try: tiles, baskets, place mats, cedar shake
shingle, a brick wall, the bark of a tree, a leaf, a metal embossing plate,
lace, a stone, stamps, bowls……..let your imagination run wild!
Texturing and embossing are very similar,
embossing might be referred to as more interesting texturing.
Make your sheet of paper using the basic
technique, before you lay on the gray cover screen and start to sponge water
from the surface lay the item that you would like to emboss. Now slip out your
support grid, otherwise you will emboss it’s texture on the back of your
piece of paper. Now sponge, couch and iron or press as you usually do.
I think that the big wood press works much
better in this process. If you don’t have a press try using heavy books.
