Fusion Study

Folds of Memory 

Years ago I made this piece of "fused" paper

with layers of gauze, white ribbon and handmade paper. It is a mushy fusion process

of layering all the elements with white glue

gel medium and gesso and then 

putting waxed paper down

and ironing it until it steams and bubbles and fuses everything together.

I never did anything further with it

but found it recently and it was perfect

for my experimenting with textures. I have

found it difficult to make the texture "pop" in many of   my paintings

and sometimes lose it to color or composition.

I've had to repaint several pieces because the texture

that I want to emphasize just gets lost.

detail

This a good piece to click on for a better view.

I used lots of liquid acrylic paint to begin with

but was not satisfied with it so I used alternate light layers
of white spray paint and alcohol inks 

and then used white acrylic to emphasize  some of the folds

and texture.  Eventually, it became very "molten" and
and took on a sculptural quality.

Exactly what I'd been after without knowing it.

I am hoping to repeat the process

on some built up canvases that I have been wanting to use.