Distressed paper fabric: trying a new mixed media technique inspired by Shelley Rhodes
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- čas přidán 18. 03. 2023
- I try out a technique inspired by Shelley Rhodes to distress paper by sewing it and rubbing parts away to create a paper- fabric mesh.
The book I mention:
Fragmentation and Repair by Shelley Rhodes: amzn.to/3Lpzs9H
Contents of this video:
00.00: Intro
00:11: Fragmentation and Repair by Shelley Rhodes
01:35: Painted kitchen papers
02:20: Procion dyed papers
03:25: Setting up machine for sewing kitchen paper
04:30: Sewing paper on the sewing machine
06:44: The finished sewn grid
07:08: Wetting the paper and rubbing areas away
09:34: Distressed paper mesh once dry
10:14: Outro
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LOVE this! Can I just say how I appreciate you giving credit to the original artist? So refreshing! I often see a video and there is no mention of who created the technique or where it was learned, as if the presenter invented it out of thin air.
Oh yes I would feel awful if I didn’t credit the artist I got the idea from. I hope people would do the same for me in that situation too. We have to support each other!
Update! I tried this technique with the paper towel. It took me an hour to find the pretty towel I knew I had somewhere in my art hoard. Took another hour to sew and rub the paper away. It turned out beautifully. Now I have 6 more paper towels soaked with coffee drying to make more. Love this idea. Thanks so much.
It is quite a commitment isn’t it! But I think the results are worth it. Glad you tried it and enjoyed it!
Really enjoyed this video, thank you. It reminded of using same technique I discovered through my own experimental play years and years ago. The technique wasn't new then and it's not new now but I loved the moment I 'discovered it' just through exploration. It's great when textile artists like Shelly, and yourself of course, share techniques like this so we can all be reminded of them or even better, discover them for the first time. I have Shelly's book... loads of brilliant ideas in there and reminders of some I need to revisit. I feel a grid coming on... it's been a while..
You're right, it's so fun to 'discover' new techniques. Shelly's book is amazing isn't it, so rich with ideas. Every time I pick it up I find something new! Thanks for watching :)
That is brilliant! I just went to bed, but immediately want to hop up again and go try it! I'm thinking 🤔 might work to do the rubbing with a stiffer paintbrush ... but it looks so cool!!! Thank you for sharing!!
Great idea to use a stiff paintbrush. Let me know how you get on!
So interesting. I have loads of gelli printed paper that might be perfect to experiment with. Thanks for sharing.
Oooh, I hadn't thought of that idea! Would love to hear how it goes!
Oh my gosh love this! I can see this catching on in a huge way😂 TYFS
Thank you! 🙂
Brilliant
Very innovative and fun!
I love this! It blurs the lines between paper and fabric.
Yes! I love that cross over between the two 🥰
Beautiful
Really nice technique!
Thank you!
Very interesting! I must admit to having the urge to rub the “net” together when it was dry to see if anymore would come off? Tfs, Laura ❤
Oooh I’m going to have to try that! I shall report back 😄
Yes please! Have a great weekend!
Golly, that is very cool! I love how you promoted that book. It is a nice thing to do; to give credit where credit is due. I’m going to try that technique tomorrow! I promise myself. 💕
Of course! I would feel awful not to give credit. And I can wholeheartedly recommend that book because it’s SO GOOD! Have fun with the technique!
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Gorgeous results!
Thank you! 😊
That was a really interesting technique and the result so beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing 😊
Glad you liked it!
Love this project! Thank you for sharing.
My husband and I also make tie dyes. If you have powdered dyes you can wet the paper and sprinkle the powder on it and the colors will split.
Oooh I’m going to have to try that! Thanks for the tip 😀
Very interesting!
THIS IS A GORGEOUS IDEA :D THANKS FOR SHARING!
Enjoy! 🤗
Dirty hands are a sign of loads of fun!! ❤
Yes- I'd much rather have dirty hands than be bored!
I have a sewing machine, but would prefer stitching by hand. Bigger Grid! Great video, thanks will try. Also subscribed!
Thanks for subscribing! If you do try sewing it by hand let me know how you get on!
This is lovely! Thanks for the book suggestion as well. It’s great seeing you bring the idea alive from the pages of a book, makes it feel doable. Thank you.
Amazing so beautiful to watch tfs.❤
Thanks for watching 🤗
I am so pleased that your video appeared in my feed. I recall years ago taking a class where the background was soluable and you layered various yarns/ribbons and then sewed a pattern or grid with your machine. When the background dissolved it was gorgeous and great for stunning scarfs, etc. I am looking forward to using this in my mixed media. Thank you for this lovely idea.
Oh I think I know what you mean- you can get water soluble fabric to stitch on to and then you can wash it away. Really beautiful technique. I must try it! Glad you enjoyed the video 😊
So cool!!!
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Looks awesome❣️❣️❣️
I'm glad you like it! 🤗
This is wonderful! Thank you for sharing your find. I can see so many ideas around this technique. Have to get the book too!
Stunning! Tfs
Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!
THAT WAS AMAZING AND INSPIRING. ID LOVE TO TRY THIS ON PAINTINGS, USING ACTYLIC SPRAY PANTS OVER THE COMPLETED WORK ON TO A CANVAS!
Oh yes that’s a fantastic idea! It would be great as a kind of stencil! 😃
Oooo. Texture heaven! Thanks for sharing!
i've done lots of fabric dyeing and one of the best ways to clean your nails is by cutting a lemon in half and digging your nails into the lemon...
Ahhhh thanks so much for the tip! I will try it next time. I wore gloves most of the day but by the end I had taken them off because they were getting in my way. I don’t mind too much other than people thinking I have dirty hands!
Reminds me of an abandoned industrial building or perhaps a green house. Very cool. I’m wondering about sewing another type of design. Swirling pattern over a straight line pattern. Hmm… 😊
Oh yes great idea!!
Wow, stunning. Love the texture.
Hi Rose, I really loved this technique & can't wait to try it out. I always keep my used kitchen towels when I doing any dying with sprays or Brusho's. Look forward to more of your content, I have subscribed💜
Thank you so much!! Glad to hear I’m not alone in hoarding paper towels with paint and brusho marks on them 😅
What a great technique - thanks for sharing!! ❤
The dyed papers are awesome!
Thanks!
This is fabulous.
i LOVE this! Can't wait to try it out.😍
This is beautiful!
Love how that turned out! ❤thank you
This is beautiful.
What a super cool effect!!!
Gorgeous! Can’t wait to try this! Just subscribed.
Yay! Thank you!
Great technique - I'm inspired!
This is really cool!❤
Love the technique very much❤
Texture! I love it! So interesting! Thank you!
Great ❤thanks ❤
You're welcome 😊
Wow! That looks great! Who would’ve thought… ❤tfs
I just posted a video on this & someone shared your video w me! ❤️
I had a crafty friend send me some of this stuff she called “paper lace”. I tried making some & love this stuff! Such a great technique & adds fabulous texture to projects
New subbie here! Thank you for sharing this amazing technique. And I do love your glasses!
Haha thanks! They’re my ‘I’m an artist’ glasses 🤓😂
Just came across your video. This looks like a fun project and I’m thinking about the possibilities! Can’t wait to try it . I’m a subscriber now! The book looks very interesting, also. Thank you!
Hope you enjoy it! I am curious to hear what you do with it! Thanks for subscribing 🤗
really terrific experiment! I ordered the book as well...
That is awesome!
So cool! Thanks for sharing!
This is the COOLEST thing I've ever seen!!! Will do this TODAY! Super idea!! So many ideas to use this for!! NICE!!!
TFS. Austin TX USA
Amazing! So happy to have inspired you. Let me know how it goes 😃
Love this technique. It looks like gossamer paper. Thank you so much.
You are so welcome!
Very interesting. Thank you and I’ll be buying that book!
Glad you enjoyed it. The book is amazing 🤩
Love, love, love this …. Thanks for sharing x
Glad you like it! Thanks for watching!
Love this! It made my creative brain almoust get hot…🤣📘👏🏻😄🙏🏻
Haha that’s the idea 🧠🔥
WOW! This is fantastic
Thanks so much! Glad you like it 😃
Absolutely love this and I will be trying it one day. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Fabulous! Thanks so much for sharing this technique! Very intriguing! ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
Can’t wait to see how you use them in your work. Following.
Thank you!
I absolutely love this, your are right, it IS gorgeous. Thank you for sharing in such a lovely way. I'm looking forward to your future videos.
Thank you for such a lovely comment 🤗
Absolutely BRILLIANT.......LOVE THIS ❤........TFS 🌟🌟🌟
Thanks so much 😊
Thank you so much, I found you by search with the original artists name, amazing technique, thank you ❤
Glad you enjoyed- Shelley Rhodes is amazing isn’t she!
I love this technique. I will absolutely be doing this for my journal. Thank you so much for sharing this.
You're very welcome! Enjoy :)
Love this idea! Definitely going to try it, and loved the look of the book. Had to buy it and it arrived today! Looking forward to reading it. Some cool ideas in there.
Oooh enjoy! It’s a treasure trove of juicy ideas!
What an awesome project and the end result was stunning! Thank you for sharing the source and the technique! 🎨
You are very welcome!
Hi Rose, I just discovered your channel through someone who tried this technique, and I'm glad I came here. I bought the book you showed, and I absolutely love it. Thanks for your referral.
What a lovely comment, thank you so much! I hope you enjoy the book, it’s SO good! 🤗
Very pretty! The book looks so good!
It really is!
Wonderful technique, thank-you for sharing, have ordered Shelleys book😊
You won’t regret it, it’s such a good book 😃
Fantastic, I love the process. Off to see if I can purchase the book. Thank you. Hugs Gi x
That's a really great idea, I tried it out right away, I think it's really nice
Nice! So glad it inspired you!
Wowee this is so cool. Can't wait to try. TFS 😁
Have fun!
Verycool❤
WOW! Wonderful technique & can't wait to try it out! Great Tutorial! 💖 TFS - Crafty Hugs, Christal
Enjoy! 😃
New subbie. Love your dyed papers, the music sheets are gorgeous. I found the concept of the stitched grid and then purging some of the bits fascinating with a great finished bit to use. Thanks for sharing. Patti
I was really pleasantly surprised by the dyed papers. I’ll make a proper video about that at some point. Thanks for your lovely comment and for subscribing 🤗
I have this book and I appreciate your demonstration of how to achieve this look!
Isn’t it such an awesome book 😍
A new subscriber here! Just bought the book. Thank you for this video.
Thanks for subscribing! You won’t regret buying the book, it’s full of great ideas and inspiration 🤩
Brilliant, this is such a great idea, love it❣~Sue
Thanks so much!
That uses a process akin to Momigami by which the crumpling can both be used as a strengthener and softener for more robust papers and to degrade as in this case. Features also in The Found Object in Textile Art. Shelley's authenticity of the technique shines through as oart of the process specific to her approaches in creating work.
I love Momigami too- I also discovered it thanks to Shelley. She's such a fantastic and generous teacher. Lovely to see a comment from you Cas, I love your work!
@@RoseWildsmith I equally love Shelley's work. and the process so fits in with here concept and ideas. There is a also a three page description of these processes in my first book The Found Object in Textile Art 2010. Momigami is a process a discovered whilst studying papermaking and textiles in Japan in the early eighties. It means 'kneaded paper' and used as a textile cloth called Kamiko. Hope you do not mind me mentioning for a bit of history and context.
Few give credit to original sources. Thank you. Beautiful paper
Thanks for watching!
Thanks so much for sharing this with us! Please, show us how you used it... It's really beautiful!
I will do! I’ll make another video 😀
This is fab 😍, good for you for giving credit to the original artist. 👏
Of course! It would feel icky if I didn’t
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This is awesome! I just subscribed! This would be really cool done with a smaller piece of paper towel to use in collages...
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Loved this idea, going to go try it!! New sub or here!
Have fun! 😃
Genial
Glorious, just glorious. Love the combination of paper work, dyeing and sewing!! I’m wondering if kitchen paper is what we call paper towel here in Canada?
Yes, I also call it paper towel sometimes- the absorbent paper you get on a roll for mopping up spills in the kitchen!
New subscriber here…I love this technique…thanks for showing us how to do it…love it. I wonder is using a small flat headed paint brush (an old glue brush, something a bit stiff) to rub the paper squares between the threads would work. I’ll try it and let you know.
Can’t wait to see what you create with your pieces you’ve made on this video.x
That’s a good idea- I was wondering whether a stiff stencil brush might work. Let me know if you try it!
Very unusual. I like it! Am interested as to what you might come up with using this in your art.
I am interested too!! Will report back 😀
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Great technique! Thanks for the video. New subby here!!
Thank you! Welcome 🤗
This is exactly what I was looking for. Something that would give me the look of netting. Thank you for sharing!! Did you use paper towel as well as paper napkins? Have a beautiful day!! 🌻
Yes, only paper towel actually, but I want to try using paper napkins next
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Fantastic technique thank you so much for sharing. May I ask what brand of paper towel you’re using just in case mine aren’t strong enough?
Mine are from the Good Roll company, but they’re not especially stronger than any other brand. It’s surprising just how strong kitchen paper actually is!
Fabulous video - Thank you. I must get that book too. I had a thought though, could you sew onto paper towel first and then die it, the cotton would match everytime whatever colours die the paper.? I ask because I don't have lots of various threads 🙂
I haven’t tried that myself but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work! Just make sure you use cotton thread as polyester thread won’t take the dye. The cotton thread might dye at a different rate to the paper too, so you might end up with slightly different colours anyway, but I think that having contrasting colours would be an alternative and cool look!
Can you teach more about this book because is sold out everywhere and when you do find it the price is over $70 please ❤
Oh no! Sorry to hear that it’s sold out. I hope they do another print run because it’s an awesome book. I have plans for some more experiments from this book do watch this space ☺️
What do you mean by "kitchen paper", is that paper towels? Yours look stronger than that? I am in the USA :) I just ordered that book also thank YOU!!!
Yes!! Paper towels that come on a roll that you use in the kitchen. They aren’t super durable but once you sew them they are surprisingly strong! Enjoy the book- it’s fab 😃 x