.These are some little designs based on the idea of laidwork as used in the Bayeux Tapestry. Obviously this is a very free interpretation using layers of grids and adding shapes drawn from my pylon studies.
.The designs have been made using layers of Brusho inks with artists' masking fluid, masking tape and candle wax as resists and are each about 10cm square.
.You can see the different effects of the resists in these three orange samples which each use more than one. Masking tape leaves clearly defined straight lines while masking fluid gives a fairly sharp resist that can be painted into shapes (here curved lines). Rubbing a candle is a less efficient at resisting the ink but gives an interesting broken colour look at the large stripes top left).
