Working with Heat and Thermal Paper

Different shades on paper

Close-up of burns

If the heat gets too close, the chemicals burn away

After my second presentation before the class, I was pretty mush told not to do anything new and keep with my original idea. I had gotten off topic by also wanting to add more background information about the writers and by wanting to add text from their works. In the end, my message became too complicated and muddy. My main focus has returned to selling literature through sex to illustrate how writers of the past still matter today.

I have been working on burning the thermal paper with more technology than simply matches or lighters, which gives me much more control and is much more efficient. I've also experimented with a soldering iron, which gives me the ability to crosshatch and sketch onto the thermal paper using heat. I like the many different lines and marks I can get from the iron, but I do need to practice it some more. The problem I have is I 'm not sure if it fits with my project anymore since I'm returning to the collage idea. At least I know I have that option, and later on in the project, I may find a use for it.