Playing with Tyvek - Mixed Media Techniques

Playing with Tyvek - Mixed Media Techniques, Episode 011 of Mixed Media Soul Sparks
This is the wild stuff you may have seen houses wrapped up. If you want some incredible out of this world textures, Tyvek is it. Use an iron or a heat gun. To paint or not and find out a secret tool that you can use the textured Tyvek for.
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Tyvek - you may get mailing envelopes from the store or I have found sheets of it online
Cooking parchment paper
Iron
Heat gun
Embroidery hoop for a different effect
Old towel for padding
Any acrylic paints will work - I am using Lumiere paints
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[@devnagraham1006]

So many great tips in this video! Thank you so much. I can't wait to try this out. 😊

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Thanks for watching.

[@donnadees1971]

Kudos.

[@donnadees1971]

Wow, interesting. Thank you

[@SandraDuranWilson]

You are welcome.

[@joycedaniels325]

Love this. I learned about Tyvek in a Carol Nelson class, but learned some new things today. Thanks! I really appreciate your weekly posts. They are giving me ideas for experimenting and playing with my art instead of being in a blue funk about not being able to get out and be with friends as I normally would. My virtual friends like you are keeping me sane! 💕

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Hi Joyce Great to see you here. I hope to keep lots of my friends and fans busy creating. My next Creative Soul Session begins next month and I am working on some bite sized classes too.

[@tinydegraaf]

Thank you Sandra, for your help.

[@SandraDuranWilson]

You're welcome and thanks for watching.

[@acgacg4548]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge and love. You are a lovely, bright soul. I am so inspired and learned a lot from your videos. Thank you from the bottom of my heart.

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Thank you so much for your kind words. Enjoy and create.

[@lisamolcher1534]

Love this, thank you for sharing and your energy ❤

[@SandraDuranWilson]

You are so welcome, and thanks for watching.

[@colleen2211]

excellent i would like to try that tyvek you are such a good teacher many thanks colleen c

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Thank you Colleen.

[@vickihollander6527]

I've also heard that you can make your own stencils from Tyvek...but have never seen how...might be an interesting one too:) Thank you! fascinating!

[@SandraDuranWilson]

I have never heard that before. I will have to experimwnt.

[@RredLlor]

Fantastic tips!😍

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Thank you. I am working on some new ways of using Tyvek and I have a live class on Zoom in the works. Stay tuned and thank you for watching.

[@NancyLynn]

Very interesting and, looks like fun....gotta say, I love dimension on my projects. New Subbie as I just clicked on the thumbnail that interested me. Thank you

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Thanks for watching. I love texture too so many of my videos are all about that.

[@JCmercy4me]

Thank you. 🤗🤗

[@debbieyoung9301]

Fantastic I'll be looking round building sites now 😄 fingers crossed I can get some to try out this great idea 😊

[@SandraDuranWilson]

You can always pick up a mailing envelope from the USPS to try it out.

[@debbieyoung9301]

@@SandraDuranWilson I'm from the UK so I'll look in our post offices thankyou for being so informative 😊

[@SandraDuranWilson]

@debbieyoung9301 also look at a stationary store for mailing envelopes.

[@kimstelly9480]

Just FYI, Tyvek is a synthetic plastic, made of olefin fibers, which is a hydrocarbon. So, just like paraffin wax, not a great idea to melt it. Makes cool patterns, though!

[@SandraDuranWilson]

The goal is to heat it and not melt it. Good info and when I am not filming, I heat it outside. Thank you.

[@kimstelly9480]

@@SandraDuranWilson No worries, just confirming you knew it was a petroleum product. I’m sure anyone with sensitivities to chemicals would not be able to use this process. Certainly, I hope no one is doing this inside with no ventilation! Glad you checked it out beforehand. 👍💖

[@SandraDuranWilson]

@@kimstelly9480 I agree. I have a science background and even tho I don't have sensitivities I am geeky about safety and materials. Anything that is small enough to be inhaled like pastel dust can be hazardous. The thing that really gets me is when I see adds or promotions of painters with paint all over their hands. The skin is the largest organ of your body and over time anything can make you sensitive to it. I always wear gloves or a barrier cream. Nice to meet you here Kim.

[@kimstelly9480]

@@SandraDuranWilson Agree completely - so happy to see a mixed media painter who takes this stuff seriously! I have a science background, too, PhD in neuroscience, but I caught the painting bug and I’m so glad I found you. Look forward to seeing more of your work and techniques. So nice to meet you! 💖👍💖👍

[@SandraDuranWilson]

@@kimstelly9480 let's connect. I was on my path to get my PhD in neuroscience too, but a change of mentorship led me to pursue my art fulltime instead.

[@Cheryl64014]

Great! Thank you!

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Thanks for letting me know.

[@MrsPatJones]

I can see this as stones on a beach. Mmmmm ....

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Absolutely 💯

[@vickihollander6527]

PS I'd love to see an example of a piece you've made with this technique incorporated within it. As an example of how it can be used.

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Hi Vicki-here is a link to a piece on my website. www.sandraduranwilson.com/portfolio-viewer?collection=90979#lg=1&artworkId=3222746

[@judyhyland499]

Interesting

[@innadewailly9773]

Dear Sandra, many thanks for your lessons. Much appreciate your spirit of experimentation ❤❤ The presentation itself is beautiful, too ! It would be also great to see at the end of each lesson your pieces of work where you incorporate techniques shown. Many thanks again!

[@pma613]

Sandra I love your channel and I learn so much. Thank you. 🌱💛 can you sew on it?

[@SandraDuranWilson]

You are so welcome and thanks for watching. I am in process of filming some new ones.

[@vonaldautterback8831]

I've never seen the embroidery hoop technique before! Cool! :-)

[@SandraDuranWilson]

I am glad to know I can surprise you. Thanks for watching.

[@MsLouisVee]

Reminds me of shrink plastic

[@SandraDuranWilson]

I have never used shrink plastic but the Tyvek does shrink when heated. It is kind of col to see it shrink so quickly.

[@IAMGiftbearer]

It would be neat to try wrapping this around a shape like a stone and then heat it so it takes on that 3D shape! I think it would work!

[@SandraDuranWilson]

The Tyvek shrinks 30% so wrap it loosely. Let me know how it works.

[@tgard5806]

Great technique.Thank you! Have you ever tried adhering the tyvek to another paper product and then heating the tyvek side? I have some candy wrappers that do not bubble (or melt or do anything when heated) and just wondering if the tyvek bubbling would pull the other paper along with it. Will try on my own, the question then becomes what to use to adhere? Not sure if acrylic medium would work.

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Check out my newest video called Beyond Tyvek. It came out a few weeks ago. Subscribe so you will see when new ones arrive. I have many that will be coming up. I have a hunch that gluing that candy wrappers to the Tyvek may hamper the wrinkling. Check out the new video using chip bags and chocolate wrappers, and let me know how your experiment goes. Thanks for watching.

[@abdoalazawi6375]

😍❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Thank you very much for watching.

[@carolratcliff]

Very interesting! Love the texture. Does yupo paper work too?

[@SandraDuranWilson]

No, only Tyvek.

[@carolratcliff]

Sandra Duran Wilson thanks.

[@jaimeyyleung1]

What is the paint you used on tyvek? Thanks

[@SandraDuranWilson]

It is acrylic.

[@annmariegraham2699]

Where do you get the light tyvek that you used in the embroidery hoop?

[@SandraDuranWilson]

I got it on Amazon and it is the softer Tyvek like they use in clothes-painters coverall.

[@nunsopink]

What type of glue would you use to adhere the finished tyvek?

[@SandraDuranWilson]

I use a regular gel from Golden.

[@roxannethompson9431]

I have always wanted to use Tyvek but didn't know where to get it. Other than postal envelopes, where can I get Tyvek for art purposes. Where do you get the heavy Tyvek?

[@SandraDuranWilson]

I have recently gotten some Tyvek from Amazon. Here is a link DuPont Tyvek 75gm A4 - Pack of 20 Sheets (8.3" X 11.7") 1073D Crafts Paper by DuPont Tyvek

[@SandraDuranWilson]

If you like the softer Tyvek here is a link for that. DuPont Tyvek 75gm A4 - Pack of 20 Sheets (8.3" X 11.7") 1073D Crafts Paper by DuPont Tyvek

[@SandraDuranWilson]

try this link for the heavy Tyvek. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00DRB9AM8/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_bia_widget_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@JCmercy4me]

Hi Sandra, which is the best Tyvek to use. The heavy or the light?

[@SandraDuranWilson]

I have used the one that is for envelopes rather than fabric. I prefer the stiffer one. If that is the heavier one I am not familiar with heavy/light rating. Does this help?

[@JCmercy4me]

I seen it in 75 gm, 105 gm, 45 gm. So I’m not sure which one to,get.

[@JCmercy4me]

I found them on amazon

[@SandraDuranWilson]

Let me look and I will see what I have ordered in the past.

[@SandraDuranWilson]

I bought the 75 gram.

[@caroldavis172]

Where do you buy Tyvek

[@SandraDuranWilson]

You may find sheets of it on Etsy or Amazon. There are different types and you don't want the soft fabric like one. The USPS priority envelopes are Tyvek. You could start there.