As you know I love anything messy and what could be messier than dipping fabrics in gooey, claggy Powertex? So as you can imagine I jumped at the chance of spending a morning with John Glossop and his lovely partner, Heather and a bowl of this amazing fabric hardening product. Check out John's blog - Dreams of Vintopia here.
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Together we set off on my first proper journey into the world of Powertex (ok, I'd dabbled a little previously with my pal, Sue but never done a full sculpture!).
We decided to make figurines and during the morning John showed us how to create a figurine base from a preformed head, a wooden dowel & base, some tinfoil, masking tape and, would you believe, a toilet roller tube!
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| A wooden base & dowel covered in toilet roll tubes! |
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| My lady is taking shape! |
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| Clearly I modelled her figure on my own (in my dreams!) |
Now the messy part! We covered our figures in pieces of fabric soaked in Powertex (this comes in lots of colours but we chose to use the bronze which looks just like runny Nutella).
  
A scrap of old lace transformed with Powertex.
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Did you know that after 3 weeks drying time Powertex sculptures are weatherproof so can be displayed outside?
Safe to say, I have now got the Powertex bug (John told me it would be addictive and it is!). So much so that I will be heading down to Powertex HQ in early July to get my Powertex Tutor Certification (yes, I will be truly certifiable!) then I will be running lots of Powertex workshops here at Craftsite and Powertex products will be available in the shop and online.
Over the next couple of blogs I will share with you a few pieces I have made using Powertex including a Harry Potter magic wand and an upcycled frying pan!
