Maybe you've heard the term "Paper Lamination" before. Many haven't. It simply refers to incorporating paper with some type of textile. Having said that, there are a multitude of techniques to do this. The common ingredient in these methods is glue of some sort. Throughout the years, the terms applied to combining paper and fabrics/textiles have varied often along the lines of the "glue" being used. Paper fabric, or fabric paper, uses a 50/50 white glue and water mixture. Wh

One of my favourite mixed media techniques is to print faces or other images onto cheesecloth. I have done this many times and I want to review why this is such an appealing method of adding images to textiles. Left is a Dover Publications copyright free image of a Geisha. This is the image I used. When you look for cheesecloth to use for this technique, find the one that is fairly closely woven. There is cheesecloth that is really loosely woven and you may lose most of the i