Paste Resist Experiments

For this project, I tried out different combinations of different ingredients to see which makes the best paste.  I used rice ground into powder, quinoa ground into powder and diatomaceous earth mixed with water.  For reference I also did a bit of glue resist which I know works well.

materials

drying

dyed

 Left to right:
a. 1:1 rice: water
b. 1:1:2 rice:quinoa:water
c. 1:1:1.5 rice:diatomaceous earth:water
d. 1:1:1:2 rice:diatom.:quinoa: water
e. 1:1:2 quinoa:diatom.:water
f, g: 3:1  diatom.:water (these don't really show up at all)
h, i: Elmer's clear gel glue


Ok that's all I feel like writing about on this.  It's probably all I'll ever do with it, but sometimes you just gotta test your theories.