Christmas Wreath with a Twist

I picked up the mdf ring and Merry Christmas sign at Donny Dome in October.  

I covered the ring with t-shirt fabric soaked in bronze Powertex and once dry started to place some embellishments.

I used gesso on the words.

I decided to use a mix of natural elements and resin shapes.

The words looked too plain so I added some more resins.

I waxed the ring with gold, waxed the resin pieces in silver and added some touches of red.

Added 3 trees along the bottom.

Close up of the words.

Close up of the trees.

Close up of the resin and woodland pieces.

More close ups.

And the opposite side of the wreath.

Loving the resin elements.

This is for sale in my online shop if you are interested

 https://aviarto.com/christmas-wreath-15505

along with lots of other items.

Spiked Mask Canvas

 

I saw a canvas made by someone on FB and I absolutely loved it. so I decided to have a play and put my own touches to it.  Although, I have to say, I loved it so much, I didn't change too much but didn't want to completely replicate it.

I used a full face mask and a fancy brown decoupage mask, I fitted them together to make on mask. Used t-shirt fabric and paper deco with bronze powertex.

Once completely dry, I started adding hardware and wire.

I painted over the top with silver acrylic paint.

Added red paint and red pigments to the canvas once really dry.

Took a quick photo outside before it rains again!

A few close ups. Added pieces of wire to the eye sockets.

I tried to re-create the effect of barbed wire.

I added three netting staples over the mouth.

A line of screws to the forehead.

Red acrylic paint around the eye and mouth area. Lots of waxes and pigments also used.

This is the original that I was totally inspired by.  Cate Wilshaw of Dark Imaginings was the creator of this fabulous piece.  She completed it nearly 3 years ago, but I have only just come across it. I love it.

This is the whole piece.

Pen / Paint Pots

 

As my last two pen / paint pots sold so quick, I decided to make a couple more.

I used iridescent pigments on this one.

I went for a purple and a blue.

I added lots of little resin embellishment shapes.

For this one I used the Finnabair sparks paint.

Love how it looks on the black, it's got shades of greens and turquoises.

Again more small resin embellishments added.

They look great together.

They will be up for sale in my online shop.

A couple more pen / paint pots

 

I wrapped a couple of coffee tins in t-shirt fabric and glued on the resin embellishments with the wet powertex.

I used the blue sparks paint to decorate this pot.

It really does bring out the textures.

And this is the front with the main features.

I dry brushed this tin with silver and black finnabair jewel paste.

I used small cogs and faces on this one.

And from another view.

And the front with the skull and wings.

These are for sale in my online shop.

Another Spanner Plaque

 

I covered a piece of wood with t-shirt fabric that had been coated in black powertex. I placed the resin pieces and the spanner on the plaque whilst the fabric was still wet.

Once dry, I added a few more cogs and some colour to bring out the textures.

Close up of the middle of the plaque housing the spanner.

And the bottom part.

And the top part of the plaque.

This is available for sale in my online shop.

Green Man Plate

 

This is a plate that I was given who wasn't keen on the colour.

Painted it in black powertex, coated a piece of t-shirt fabric, scrunched it up and placed it in the middle and then placed the green man in the centre.

Whilst still a bit tacky I placed some resin, wooden and natural pieces around the centre piece.

I coated everything in powertex and then used treasure gold and alchemy waxes to bring out the different textures.

Then I took some photos outside which represents a truer colour.

Close up of the green man in the middle.

And another close up of the right side.

And the bottom.

This is now for sale in my on-line shop.