Aug 20
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

Trying to get a sufficient density of petals, I used the stencil on two layers of fabric. The dark fabric background kept the petals from being as bright as I was looking for, although I did get edges!

I added another layer of petals on a bright green fabric to use as background, and stitched down the petals along their centerlines to let the edges loose. I like the way the petals float off the edge of the postcard.

I can’t remember what I was thinking with the very dark green background fabric – it hasn’t worked the way I wanted it to for any of these options. I think I’ll try inks on white fabric next, and see what happens.

Aug 19
Originally uploaded by Dancing Crow.

Using a freezer paper stencil, I can get the Lumiere paint pretty thick, although you can see the more ghostly results from thin paint too. That is why it hadn’t dried before I went to bed last night. I may need to rethink the dark fabric background. I like the glow of the paint.

The stencil looks like this:

I tried a plastic stencil from some stiffish contain plastic, but it was a serious pain to cut (like almost removing a thumb at one point), and freezer paper, is, well, paper. Scissors work well. Mistakes are not fatal. Plus the paint seems to make it much more durable. This thing will be fun to play with.