Another course I’ve been taking at the QU is called “3 Unconventional Ways to Dye”. One of the techniques that I have been struggling with is using potato dextrin as a resist. You smear the said PD over your fabric and leave it to dry, when it is supposed to crack. Well it seems my trusty supplier here in D supplied me with corn dextrin and not PD. Corn dextrin sets like toffee apple toffee and doesn’t crack at all. It took me two unsuccessful attempts to get to the bottom of the mystery.
I am currently on my 3rd attempt. This time it was DIY potato dextrin cooked up from a mixture of instant mash and liquid starch given a real battering with the blender. The PD was applied on Saturday and I’m still waiting for it to finish drying. Tonight called for more desperate measures:
potato dextrin sculptures
Or maybe I should just start a new line of artwork.
