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20X20" on hardboard cradled panel. Paper, acrylics and lava gel.
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Comment by Juan M. Lucero on April 12, 2012 at 11:31am -
Thank you Howard for your answer and I'll get it now that I know what it is !
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Comment by Howard Cowdrick on April 12, 2012 at 9:43am -
Thank you for your comments. Black Lava Gel Medium is a Liquitex product. Been around for years. My jar was purchased in 2001.
Here is a link. http://www.liquitex.com/blacklava/
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Comment by Juan M. Lucero on April 12, 2012 at 8:52am
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It looks really great but you mention:
Lava gel…is that a brand name or is that something I haven't used before ?
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Comment by Itaya on April 12, 2012 at 8:36am -
Awesome piece! Really love it. Hmmm...thinking maybe I need to experiment with lava gel as well. What is it? :)
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Comment by Paula Blackwell on April 12, 2012 at 8:25am -
Nice work Howard. Thanks for sharing.
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Comment by B. Chrisse Harwanko on April 10, 2012 at 9:25pm -
Interesting composition and style... lava gel? I guess I will have to look that one up. Have not heard of it! what part is lava gel?
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Comment by Greef on April 4, 2012 at 8:38pm -
I really like what is happening with this work as well! Fantastic :)
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Comment by Wendy Johnson on April 4, 2012 at 3:48pm -
Really like this one Howard. Lots of great stuff going on here. I like all the elements individually but even more so how they all come together. Gotta get me some lava gel.
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Comment by mel ko on March 30, 2012 at 4:31am -
I agree with Elke!
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Comment by Elke Trittel on March 29, 2012 at 7:51pm -
interesting work!
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HIc02QBihJQ&feature=share&list=UUM6N5AOYoyg6eAkbcDWpNFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6zAPZn5TEyM&list=UUM6N5AOYoyg6eAkbcDWpNFg&index=41
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And this is the completed screen ready for printing. I simply use an old credit card to spread the ink over the screen making sure i do one complete full stroke across the screen (holding the credit card at a 45 degree angle). I immediately wash the screen out under fast flowing water and pat dry. I use fabric screen printing ink which washes out in water (which makes the process easy).
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