GPP Crusade No 20 - Casting Call

This is a short and quick entry for this months GPP Crusade as I have been a bit tight for time this month but I thought something was better than nothing.

I took a class once a while ago with Joy Bathie and she taught me this technique. You need a rubber stamp, loo paper or tissues, brush and a container holding water mixed with a little gel medium (the gel medium binds it together).

I like to work on top of a non-porous surface (such as a cutting mat).
Place the stamp image face up and put the paper/tissue on top.
Dip the brush in the water mixture and dab on top of the tissue pushing it into the crevices of the design but not too hard that the tissue will tear.
Keep adding layers of tissue and dabbing with the wet brush.

This is something I have added to Joy's technique.
Once enough layers have been added, I then very gently turn the rubber stamp and tissue over whilst it is still wet.
I then take my wet brush and dab around the edges of the stamp - this is to take away the harsh ridge that would form.
I also wet the excess paper that is not on the rubber so that this also bonds together. Once the tissue is dry the excess tissue can be gently torn and worked more easily into the piece of art that it will be added too.

The image on the left is the one I have just done (it is still quite wet).

The image below is the piece I completed in Joy's Class.

Comments

[michelle ward]

Ursula!! Thanks for coming to play with us and for sharing your casting tips. Clicking on your photos gives such a nice view of your technique. Aren't you a clever one to do the flip-over thing! Very useful trick. And adding gel medium is another fab idea. Thanks girl - these are lovely!

[Julie]

Fabulous, it looks great!

[Kimbo]

Thanks for the added tips ! Gel medium sounds like a good idea right from the beginning. I brushed my casts with a little after they were dry to keep them more rigid. I was afraid to use the gel on the stamps because I thought it would make the paper stick to them ? You didn't seem to have this problem ! Nice results !
Cheers,
Kim

[Maj Carita]

Great cast, Ursula! I will have to try adding gel medium to my paper pulp the next time and see what hapens!

[Julie Prichard]

I needed that extra strength too! Really great tip! And your castings are beautiful!

[susan w]

I was wondering about adding something to the water. I will definitely try the wetting around the edges tip for next time. Now I'm curious to to see this piece in use.

[lucy edson]

Love the tip for softening the edges of the casting! I will try that next time. Thanks for sharing your instructions.

[Cindy]

Your cast is beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing the details of your technique! I'm looking forward to trying it - I could use a break from pulp for a little while!

[Gillian]

Fabulous! Thanks for adding your little tips for refining the results too. x

[tina]

very elegant molds. thanks for adding the tips about softening the edges; they do tend to have hard edges.

[grrl+dog]

thank you so much for this.. something about the way you show it here makes sense. I have seen this technique demonstrated before, but this time it has SUNK in! Off to get some loo paper now... ha ha.