Working on Foam Core
This is my second attempt using this very cool material. It's either a mum or a cabbage rose. I haven't decided yet. I saw this segment featuring Rachel Koepke, on HGTV That's Clever yesterday and instantly had to try it! Tutorial:
at HGTV.
By carving away the shiny paper you can achieve amazing texture and variation of color.
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posted by aimee at
15.2.07
5 Comments:
So is it the little petals that you carved away? I tried to understand the tutorial, but it's difficult to get without seeing it performed. Yours is better than hers! Love it! I'm sure I have some foam core around here from my photography days.....thanks for exposing us to a cool new idea!
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Kelli Nina Perkins, at 15.2.07
Yes, it's the petals and the darker part of the green. I sketched the flower then "drew" with an exacto the petals. Went in and removed the paper layer and colored with water soluble crayons blending with water and dried with my heat gun. Then I added LuminArte' watercolors ink and charcoal. The foam core is three layers, paper, cotton and foam. The cotton is what takes the crayon so boldly. Here is the link to Rachel's site if you want to see more of her work. It's really awesome. http://www.rachelkoepke.com/what.html
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aimee, at 15.2.07
Judi- Your working on foam core picture is beautiful. I love the colors you selected. I haven't worked on a foam core canvas for a couple of years now and looking at your wonderful creation makes me want to again. Great work.
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Clothmatters, at 3.3.07
How very very cool! Never thought to use foam core as a substrate...I have a bunch of it around here from various school projects the kids did...time to repurpose and recycle!
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nici, at 5.3.07
HEY LADIES! Good to see some serious work on foam core out there. The ripping and tearing brings me some sort of physical satisfaction, as well as allowing the board to respond to my efforts in a natural way. It's fun to see ya'll appreciating the rawness of this technique! Thanks for cheering orginal work on! I'm impressed with alteredaimee's work here/and use of color is fantastic! These peices of mine started out all black and white, so I am still learning to push color. ART!!! Rachel Koepke www.rachelkoepke.com
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