When I saw the posting about the Timtex® vase made by Sue Bleiweiss, I thought that I should share photos of two vases that I made out of Lutradur®.
For the first vase (above), I used a glass vase and gathered up the Lutradur around it, using a rubber band to temporarily hold things in place. Then I used my heat gun to heat areas that I wanted to stick together. I’m sure I was quite a sight, sitting on my back porch, heat gun in one hand and an insulated pot holder in the other so I could press together the heated areas so they would stick together.
After I got the Lutradur to the point where it was stuck together in the shape that I wanted, I removed the glass vase and use the heat gun to melt some holes. Because I wasn’t sure how it was going to work, I didn’t paint the Lutradur before I started the shaping. It was a little challenging to paint the vase after it was shaped, but wasn’t too bad. I used acrylic paint and highlighted the burnt areas with metallic gold.
For the other vase, I first painted the Lutradur with light washes of color. Then I wrapped and folded the Lutradur around a vase and stitched where layers overlapped. I folded the edges at the bottom, glued them in place, and trimmed off the excess.
To use my creations as vases, I insert a plastic or glass jar to hold water.
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Lynn – These vases are fantastic. I love the sculptural possibilities of Lutradur.