Bob Bergstrom
03-08-2011, 10:03 PM
I've been playing with a product called Pearl Ex Powders. It is like aniline dye but pearlescent. It can be used dry, mixed with water, alcohol, lacquer, or oil. It is also used in eye shadow. I found some really interesting tutorials by women using it for scrap booking. I applied it on this bowl with a small dry paint brush and crumpled up saran wrap. It all starts with coat of black primer, followed by layers of various dry powders.using the brush or crumpled up saran wrap. Each color is followed by a coat of clear lacquer to adhere the powder to the surface. The darker colors go on first and lighter on top. The last two pictures I am trying to show the dichromic effect of the pearl. It can be purple, blue or some shades of red, violent.