Experimenting with taking a relief print

Through experimentation with print, I have decided to return back to the urban environment to study the beauty within the everyday, however this time instead of drawing a response to what I have seen, I would like to take 2D relief imprints. I think that this will be a more effective way of bringing importance to the patterns and textures, lines and tones that are present within everyday life that are often overlooked. 

I have been out experimenting with plasticiene. I think that the relief imprints that I have taken are bold, and draw the viewer in to focusing on the markings and the movement within the relief. I think that the abstract colours of the imprints draw attention away from the original context, thus allowing them to focus on the formal elements.

I have however discovered, that the plasticiene will not dry completely solid and will stay partially tacky. For this reason, I think that I would like to find a similar doughy material that will take the imprint of a surface, but will dry firm and solid without becoming brittle.