It is possible to buy spunbonded materials which are similar to lutradur in construction; one type of such material is known, here at least, as florists wrap. It comes in a wide variety of colours, and may even be patterned; I have on which has the names of European capital cities in black on a white background, ideal for journalling. The temptation is to use them as they come, but remember you can always add to them using transfer paints or other media. The image above shows a piece of orange florists wrap which I have printed some flowers onto in red. I think it's really effective; it's simple, but striking. It would be better, of course, if I had remembered that florists wrap is not as heat resistant as lutradur... the pattern was not transferring, so I turned up the heat a bit...only to melt the fabric onto the paper in one place. Oops...
To try this, just take a piece of typing paper, and doodle flower shapes all over it with transfer paint or transfer crayons. Leave it to dry, then iron it onto your florists wrap, or onto lutradur. It would be fun to put something underneath it, but I have designs on those little flowers... which we'll look at next week.
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Good point to look at all the different surfaces you find to use (re-use) in artwork. I love lutradur for the heat resistance (as you mention) and that it won't tear or rip, but if you don't need those qualities then an alternative that's close to hand might work great.
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