Material Exploration-Fabric

Understanding mediums and creating your own..

A list of medium examples and combinations to create a variety of visual outputs.

Eggs and paint

Mixing eggs and other materials to form different paint consistencies- Recipes from the book “Formulas for painters by Robert Massey”- paint no 14, 15, 20

Egg Tempera-

Egg Yolk - 1

Water - 1

Egg, resin, oil emulsion-

Egg Yolk - 1

Any oil or varnish – 1 (I used matte varnish)

Water - 1 or more

Egg, oil, vinegar emulsion-

Whole egg- 1

Raw linseed oil – 1 tsp

Vinegar – 4 drops

1) Experiment 1- Painting on silk

Materials used- silk, green watercolor paint+ egg/matte varnish/water emulsion, watercolor paint+ egg tempera, matte polymer medium

• Worked into wet surface

• Direct brush application

• Because of the silk and some transparency that it has, this could be good for layering on top of other works that will peak through-especially with text

Materials used- Silk, watercolor paint, watercolor paint + egg tempera, egg/matte varnish/water emulsion, egg/oil/vinegar/water emulsion, dish soap

Materials used- Silk Fabric, embroidered marks, blue acrylic ink, spots of low viscosity polymer medium

• Water was first applied to the silk to make it wet, followed by spots of low viscosity polymer medium and then drops of blue acrylic ink were added

• The ink bled into the fabric and the embroidery thread, but the areas with low viscosity polymer formed a layer on the fabric and repelled the ink

Scanning and layering silk

2) Experiment 2- Painting on Muslin

Materials used- muslin, green watercolor paint+ egg/matte varnish/water emulsion, watercolor paint+ egg tempera, matte polymer medium, clear gesso, dish soap

•Worked into wet surface

•Direct brush application

•The dish soap added an interesting repelling effect on the surface

Materials used- muslin scrap, ecoline ink, glue + watercolor paint mix, matte polymer medium, gold oil paint + egg/vinegar/oil/water emulsion

• Muslin soaked in water and the ink, watercolor+glue paint mix applied

• Then, using a palette knife, the gold oil paint emulsion was applied

• The matter polymer medium created a contrast in the surface and made the area lighter

• The gold oil paint and egg/vinegar/oil/water emulsion took some time to combine and kept separating but after constant mixing a thicker paint was formed.