Upload it to photoshop, select a quarter segment of it and turn it into a black and white image like so;
Use the Imagepac Rubber stamp making process recently acquired and talked about in a previous blog to make an impression of the pattern thus;
Imprint stamp onto the polymer clay remembering to press down mightily hard in an attempt to mark the surface crisply as I tried to do here;
Bake clay, sand down the jagged edges once 'cooked' then let rip with various pots of mica powders in order to present your 'masterpiece' (and I use that term very lightly!) to the blogging community at large;
As you can probably determine, my photography skills leave a lot to be desired when taking photos of objects close up, and I've a long process of learning ahead of me in order to feel competent about using polymer with any great proficiency, but it's certainly looks like it might turn into a promising and 'do-able' means of being creative, which is certainly a nice feeling :-)
Not sure what Imagpac rubber stamp is, but sounds really interesting. This is stunning.
ReplyDeleteWhat a brilliant concept! I'll have to try this. Can it be done with any rubber stamp?
ReplyDeleteCenya
Thank you ladies.
ReplyDeleteCaryl, Imagepac is a photopolymer resin that enables you to convert images into rubber stamps using a 'negative' of the image, a gel pack of the resin and a suitable source of heat - a 60watt bulb in an anglepoise lamp in my case! I'm currently experimenting with it all - had a couple of disasters wherein there wasn't a crisp enough definition, but I'm quite pleased at how the image shown in the blog has turned out despite it all being a little 'rough and ready'!
Cenya, yes you can use ordinary rubber stamps on the clay - I used Fimo for this but Sculpty clay etc is also 'do-able. I've also been experimenting with bits of jewellery, buttons, coins etc - anything with a pattern on really, which can be imprinted into the clay. Make sure that the pattern is firmly imprinted before baking the clay though otherwise the pattern can become a little less defined due to the heating process.