Rusted lock, stitched into canvas.

Beginning the stitching proccess into the canvas.

Sprinkling the steel wool into the canvas.

Steel wool rusting into the canvas to create the colour.

I wanted to experiment with rusting different materials. In this experiment I have stitched steel wool into a cloth canvas. I had to roll the the steel wool by hand, which took a bit of time. I then stitched in my design. When I was finished I chopped up the steel wool into little bits and sprinkled them onto the canvas in the areas that I wanted to rust the most.