Experimenting Yupo !!!

Yupo - A very unique name indeed! Well when I first heard of this, I assumed it had to do with some technique. However Yupo is a kind of synthetic paper which can be used to express your artistic talents. So what's unique about yupo - its water resistant, so when used with water colours, instead of soaking the color in, it can give it a very print like, glossy look. For environmentally conscious folks - YUPO is the 100% recyclable, waterproof, tree-free Synthetic Paper.

So I bought some paper and tried working on it. I started with making 11 x 14 size papers and made few very beautiful designs with Bombay Ink and Water Colours. Since it is water resistant, you can pour a bucket of water and it will still create a puddle vs. soak it in. So I decided to experiment and play around with it - I tried using ink and water colors with no water, little water and lots of water. Each one had such a drastic difference. Ink and water colors with no water created a thick blob like abstract, little water gave it a focussed design feel with areas without water untouched and more water gave it a very glass like look and feel. Gorgeous!

Once I had played around with it and gotten a feel, I used it to make bookmarks, thank you cards and larger pieces as gifts for family and friends. While oil, acrylic and water colors have their own beauty, yupo adds change to the world of art and creativity and allows some room for diversity.

I hope all my wonderful donors for my recent fundraising love the yupo cards and bookmarks I sent them :) will try to upload pics when I can...since I dont have a camera yet, its hard but I will figure some way to upload them.