Decorated Bottle

 

These are actually different shades of silver /blue but the camera has decided they are all the same colour!

I used clear gesso on the outside of the bottle to protect the metallic paint.

This is for sale on my website which you can check out here.

RIP Tombstone (2)

 

I painted a few resin pieces in black.

I added some fibre paste onto the board at the top, then some halloween fabric underneath and lower down.

Glued everything down and waited for it to dry, whilst I worked on the bottom shelf.

Then I put it all together.

I used mini light bulbs in the eye sockets.

The treasure gold has brought out the texture at the top from the fibre paste.

This is for sale on my website here.

RIP Tombstone

Made another tombstone with the books and potion bottles.

Close up of the bottom shelf.

And a close up of the top.

Available to buy here. 

 

Cogs & Spoon Plaque

 

Remember this spoon I picked up from the car boot a few weeks ago?

I used my new Finn stencil and silver icing paste to put the pattern on this piece of wood.

I glued a piece of lace over the top.

Then I pulled out a few resin pieces and played around until I came up with something that I likes.

I painted on some prussian blue and sprayed water on it to dilute the colour.

Painted all the elements black except the spoon.

Next I sprayed the pieces with Decoart turquoise metallic spray.

Once dry, I used my new favourite colour of alchemy wax brushed iron, to high-light parts of the embellishments.

I decided to paint the spoon silver.

Close up of the head / bowl of the spoon.

And a close up of the other end, the fancy handle.

And finally the middle of the spoon.

This is going up for sale in my online website.

Mini Steampunk Torso

I picked this up from the car boot for 50p.

Then when I got home I realised why it was only 50p.  There was a whacking crack on the bottom of the stem to the base.

So I fixed the base with some clay. 

One dry, I painted it all with black powertex.

Then I added a zip to the back part.

I added some mini embellishments to the back.

And then painted everything black.

I added some embellishments on the front.

Next I painted the torso with berry acrylic paint.  It's a deep purple.

I coloured the embellishments with pewter treasure gold.

I highlighted all the elements on the back with brushed iron alchemy wax.

View from the left side.

View from the front.

View from the right side.

And finally the view from the back.

Blacksmithing - Sculptural Flowers for the Garden - Moved from 2020

 

So today I went on a 2 hr drive to High Burton nr Masham up in North Yorkshire.

It was very easy to find, even for me! So I was there much earlier than expected.

But the ladies, Sue & Gaynor, we very friendly and welcoming.

This is the guys getting the equipment out the back of the van.

Then the fun began when they filled the forges with coal and got the fires going.

This is Ade showing us what to do after he'd gone through the H&S. He made it look so easy!

And then we all got to have a play with the metal and the fires.

The flowers started off in flat metal and we had to use the tongs to put them into the fire and then hold the flower head over the anvil and then bashed the heated part with the hammer to create some texture.

The ladies had set the tables outside for us all to have lunch being as the sun came out.

Lunch was included and there was so much lovely food to choose from. The raspberry pavlova with ice-cream was amazing.

Due to the fact I couldn't get my camera out as my hands were all taped up due to the blisters I was getting, and also the fire and the heat, I didn't take any photos of what we were doing as it was a bit too dangerous as the metal got extremely hot.

A huge thank you to everyone involved and also to the other participants on the workshop. Ade & Andy were great fun and always on hand to help.  I had a fabulous chilled and relaxed day, even if I did gain a few blisters, but thanks to Andy the fab first aider for sorting them out and to Gaynor for organising and the initial greeting and Sue for the supply of drinks and the lovely food.