I began by puncturing cartridge paper with the tip of a craft knife. Some holes were punctured closely in lines and others further apart. I also pulled the blade at an angle whilst puncturing and this gave a little slashed cut that I think gives a nice texture to the underside of the paper. Overall I like the effect the craft knife has given to the paper because the punctured holes look delicate in contrast to the way in which they were made and the tool used.
I punctured cartridge paper with a bradawl. This was very easy to do and gave a textured effect to the holes on the reverse of the paper. I spaced the holes at different intervals and think the most effective are the holes punched randomly but closely together.
I then used a darning needle to punch into handmade cotton rag paper. This was successful and showed a nice texture on the reverse of the paper. Again I spaced the holes at different intervals some in line and others randomly. I like the holes punched randomly because I think this gives a a nice texture over all.
I punctured a piece of painted kitchen roll with a darning needle. The underside of the paper has a nice texture but I also think the front where the needle entered the paper has a nice neat effect.
Part of a photograph in a newspaper and plastic were punctured with a needle. The newspaper shows the holes quite clearly and where the paper has ripped gives a lovely texture to it.
The plastic does not show the holes quite so clearly but when touched a lovely raised surface can be felt. I feel this was not so successful because the patterns cannot be seen clearly Plastic was also punched with a hole punch and again these do not show up very clearly as well as not having good texture.
Painted cartridge paper was punched at intervals with a hole punch. The holes show very clearly and different patterns could be made with different placement of the punch. Looking at this now I could I have layered the sample over a different coloured background and I think this would have given a very nice effect.
I decided to puncture some dyed felt and vilene with a bradawl and the tip of a craft knife. The pieces of felt that were punctured with the bradawl have a nice raised surface where the fibres have stayed raised when the awl was removed. These surfaces do not stand out that well unless you look at them in a certain light. The felt that was punctured with the craft knife has more of a raised surface.
The vilene punctured with the bradawl shows the holes quite well but the surface remains flat. The piece punctured with the craft knife does not show any holes or texture. The holes are small slashes that can only be seen by handling the vilene. This was obviously not successful in that the vilene needs to be punctured with a punch or a sharp object that is round not flat like a craft knife.
A piece of Lutrador that had painted bondaweb applied to it was punctured with the bradawl. This was unsuccessful. The holes cannot be seen at all unless the piece is moved around in the light.
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