stamping mathilda shows us how to make batik-like designs on paper by sprinkling salt on still-wet ink inked paper. love this! i tried it on polymer clay, without success. has anybody else tried this?
want to see more? check out this heat emboss resist technique.
Thank you!
Your website is amazing!!
You can also get the same effect if you sprinkle salt on fabric that has been painted with silkscreen paint/ink. Makes beautiful tablecloths!!!
A similar effect can be obtained with polymer by painting the clay surface with Pinata inks & then dropping (flicking) drops of alcohol over the wet surface. Patti Kimle shared this technique in her article on ‘watercolor beads’ currently featured on the cover of the new Step by Step Bead publication.
I wonder if it would work on baked clay or as an image transfer.
Christine
I wrote about some of my experiments using dye and salts on polymer clay a long time ago. You can read about it here. http://artfortheheart.blogspot.com/2005/08/using-dye-on-polyclay-postcards.html The only problem that I had was having to be certain that I allowed them to dry very well and then sealed well. If stacked too soon, the design could be pulled off. Otherwise, they would stick together. At the same time, I used the Tria and Pinata inks with alcohol on cured polymer clay and the Krylon metallic pens. It worked just like it would on any plastic or slick surface.
I passed a good part of the day to be tried to obtain this effect on fimo. It is difficult! I obtained effects interesting, but not such marked. I will test again ; -)