Lutradur. Is it fabric? Is it paper? Actually, it’s neither. Some call it the, “magic in the middle.” I call it AMAZING! Lesley Riley‘s recent book, Fabulous Fabric Art with Lutradur, includes two sample sheets of this amazing mixed media product and, for me, it was love at first touch. I could fold it, I could burn it but I couldn’t tear it. How odd. It’s unlike anything I’ve ever created with and I couldn’t wait to get my paints out and play on it.
Autumn Field, by Lesley Riley
I have to say, in browsing Lesley’s book, I was amazed at the amazing number of fun techniques she covers. I decided to read through the book first, so I sat down with it one rainy weekend day and after just the few pages, I couldn’t take the anticipation any longer. I jumped up, ran to my studio (aka. my kitchen) and whipped out my paints. WOW! The next thing I knew, I had blown through the two pieces that came in the book and I started jones-ing for more. Luckily, as product development manager at C&T, I had some extra samples in my box of goodness that I’m in the process of working on for C&T. After those couple of pieces were gone, however, I had a dilemma. Now what am I going to do? I wanted to start a bigger art piece but I had no more Lutradur. So sad.
Guess it’s a good thing, I had this product on the development block, and I’m happy to say my desire for more product will soon be fulfilled. C&T is now going to be selling Lutradur in packages of 10 sheets that will include 5 sheets each of the regular weight 70 gram and the 100 gram heavyweight. Yippee!
I can hardly wait to get back to my projects and share this fun, funky new product with all my artist friends but I’ll have to wait until Mid-April, which is when the product hits the warehouse.
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After reading What is Lutradur and your comments. I still have absolutely NO IDEA how you used the product and have no answer to my question on just what this is and how you can use this product????
Robyn
Robyn:
Lutradur is one of those mixed-media products that are fun to just play with to discover all the possibilities. It’s 100% polyester that can be painted, sculpted, sewn, distressed and more. If you’d like a sample, drop me a line at maryw@ctpub.com and I’d be happy to send you a piece to play with.