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Post by zed on Jan 5, 2014 10:34:09 GMT
Wood glue/school glue/pva/Elmers/even a lot of fabric stiffeners are all essentially the same thing in different 'strengths as far as I can tell. Sniff it, Marilyn, if it smells a bit 'vinegary' or sharp, it's probably the same stuff. It looks white, dries clear.
Judith, a few years ago (probably more than a few!) when Poundland first opened they had what they called stained glass paints, it was basically coloured glue, I bought so much of that stuff! It works brilliantly though.
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Post by jufergu on Jan 5, 2014 15:29:41 GMT
Yes, any of these glues are PVA based. The hobbyist brands are not as thick as the commercial ones that my husband uses. I have to water them down. Elmer's works great too. I have sealed my bee and used Jewel It to attach him to the inside of a metal button cover. I will cover this with black tulle so that he is safe and use him in a collage.
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Post by jufergu on Jan 6, 2014 22:21:30 GMT
My husband just brought some small oak leaves in that had been clinging to the tree outside. We have had a lot of ice and snow, so I am letting them get good and dry. These will do nicely for collage elements once they are sealed with the wood glue. I take a long time to patiently paint them, but it is well worth the effort. I now have Pampas grass, a bee and some oak leaves to work with. Working on a good composition. I printed a photo of pampas grass on a piece of organza and will try to incorporate it.
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 6, 2014 23:21:12 GMT
I can't wait to see it Judy. I preserved some leaves with glycerin and may use them to do dye prints. And I dried some flowers but I doubt they'd hold up in felting. I'll have to do something with multimedia with them. Maybe try the wood glue for that and some grasses.
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Post by Shepherdess on Jan 7, 2014 2:52:51 GMT
We used to iron leaves between 2 peices of was paper. I don't remember how long we kept them.
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 7, 2014 18:05:05 GMT
I did dry some leaves between books now that I think of it. I was hoping to make skeleton leaves. I didn't have any luck with the washing soda soak I found online.
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Post by MTRuth on Jan 7, 2014 18:41:16 GMT
I remember that there was some recipe floating around the web for making skeleton leaves. Karen tried it and it was disastrous. Can't remember now what the ingredients were.
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Post by jufergu on Jan 8, 2014 3:42:18 GMT
I had to use the thicker wood glue for the leaves. The thinner and watered down glue just did not make it flexible enough. But now that I put a thicker glue layer on them, they are flexible and look good.
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Post by zed on Jan 8, 2014 11:04:34 GMT
That skeleton leaves thing was really funny! I think Kaz used Eucalyptus and accidentally made some weird gluey resiny thing. Didn't Judith have much better luck?
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Post by Pandagirl on Jan 8, 2014 16:13:43 GMT
I ended up with yuck soup twice. I found a recipe for just using the washing soda dry. I may try that on a few of the dried leaves, but I'm not holding my breath.,
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Post by jufergu on Jan 9, 2014 2:37:27 GMT
That's right. Some of the thicker ones are a cream color, but they all dry clear.
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Post by carole aka craftywoman on Mar 10, 2014 8:42:02 GMT
Your layered work is fabby, I like how you've embellished and attached the leaf skeletons too, and the ideas about wood glue (another new tool in the box), I use PVA but it can be a bit stiff to stitch through. Is this another challenge 'layered work' - I do hope so as I need a kick start again :-)
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Post by MTRuth on Mar 10, 2014 17:34:48 GMT
Go for it - that's how you get inspiration, take the idea of layered work and run with it.
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Post by zed on Mar 11, 2014 9:04:20 GMT
Start your own challenge, Carole, post it here and we can add stuff as we get around to it
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