Three metres of rusty muslin

As seen in my last post, I have been very busy testing out different ways of ageing fabric. This was to understand which techniques were the most effective. Throughout this process I  fell in love with the way rust imprints onto wet fabric. As part of my All Saints project,I decided to take on the challenge and imprint a whole 3 metres of muslin fabric with rusty tools. The reason muslin was my first choice, is because its very absorbent and the perfect material to use if you want the rust to soak in quickly. Over many weeks I have been busy in attempting to finish the 3 metre stretch of transparent material. It has been difficult, as some objects indented their shape more than others, which depended on the types of object used. Rusty nails by far worked the best, and things such as spanners didn't work so well.I am however, very happy with the outcomes so far. Here are a few images below to show my progress so far. If you are interested in this process yourself, I will post the techniques in the next one :)