Paste Paper Fabric
Lisa Engelbrecht
Using traditional paste paper techniques you can achieve amazing colored and
patterned fabric. We’ll use a simple paste paper formula
and acrylics and apply it to muslin, canvas and patterned fabrics. By scraping
with combs, forks , and found tools we can create intricate patterns and
lettered backgrounds. The addition of gesso will give the
artist great light and dark contrasts. We will also use stamps for texture and
be introduced to color block techniques for accents. These fabrics look
amazing as book and journal covers and integrated into fiber projects. The
artist will create a small sample book of these techniques for reference and
we’ll trade bits of our fabric discoveries among each other to place in this
book.
Lisa Engelbrecht is a California lettering artist who fell in love with fabric, married her two passions,( letters and fibers) and now works in both media with glee! She teaches classes with an emphasis on creativity and believes in the artist in us all. Her work can be seen in many magazines and books and she also works for American Greetings as a freelance artist. www.lisaengelbrecht.com
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