Developing Laminate Pieces

I am planning on using the laminate technique to create the head dress - however some of the pieces are proving to be to large to fit in the laminator. This has meant i will have to iron or heat press them.



At first i wanted to create laminate pieces with no backing card in the heat press, this would give a see through effect with collage trapped inside - however after tryin out this effect it is clear that not only will the see through effect not work due to the inside construction of the head dress but the heat press needs the backing card to keep the laminate in a flat smooth shape.

Although the crinkle effect does work to create a under water, sea feel because of the neck piece that runs up behind the sea horse head these pieces need to be smooth to allow for accurate construction

example of laminate with and with out backing card