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Ann Dunbar

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Working with mixed media

For a long while I having been using exclusively water colour as the main medium for the background to ally with embroidery. Now I have incorporated other media to my embroidery with exciting effects. A good example of this is laying an area on the paper with gold leaf which is subsequently washed over with a strong coloured ink and then varnished before a motif is embroidered in metal thread on top. I have produced a series of this magical combination which was as a result of an inspirational visit to the ancient temples in Laos and Cambodia. 

Another use of media media with embroidery on paper I have recently used successfully is to apply acrylic paint as a print or base for the purpose of a resist so that when a  weak colour of water colour is laid over, the acrylic painted area shows through. I love using interference medium with water colour or ink to achieve more unusual opalescent surfaces and other optical colour effets are possible. If you wish to see the results of my experimental work, go to my new Facebook page where I shall be posting these new ideas.

The link of my new Facebook page where soon I will have fresh ideas and how they are developed and how I have enhanced them with embroidery. Like my page to learn more and hope you will be inspired by my techniques.

www.facebook.com/Ann-Dunbar-Mixed-media -857912400972657

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