I painted a piece of wood black and then started playing around with different elements until I was happy with the layout.
Once I was happy I started to work on the background. I used gold leaf and then went over with a stencil and modelling paste.
I used Finnabairs mechanical stencil.
Next after I'd painted all the elements black, I glued them onto the background.
I threw on different shades of brown, rust, red and orange mica powders. I then sprayed them and watched them disburse. You don't have much control over this, so you just have to let them do their thing.
Close up of the different colours of mica powders.
I just kept adding and spraying until I was happy with the result.
More close ups of the different colours of mica powders.
And this is the finished plaque.
