Techinical Post - Texture

Today we played around with latex and fullers earth along with a mixture of materials like string, split peas and pasta to create shapes in the skin. This session was helpful for us to discover which materials worked best for the look we wanted to create and to just experiment with what we could create. 

You will need:

• Fullers earth
• Rice
• Latex
• Any other materials you want to create texture
• Paints to colour over the top once you are finished

I used latex, split peas, string and gold paint to create this pattern on the arm. I dipped the string in the latex then laid on Terri-Anne's arm in the shape I wanted. I then put a tiny dot of latex on the back of some split peas and put them in between the curves of the string.

It was a simple design but I'm surprised with how great the effect looks after putting some paint on it. Once I pulled the string off it left bare skin from where that section wasn't touched with paint so I would like to try laying the string in different patterns to see how it looks.