Green man Plaque - Autumn

 

I've wanted to make a greenman plaque for ages.  I missed out on a workshop a while ago and then the next one was on a week day, so I couldn't go again.  Anyway, then I remembered that a friend at the time, had bought me a powertex green man plaster piece for my birthday, so I went and dug it out.  I also went to another friends house last Saturday to pick up some bits and bobs she'd saved for me, including some jewellery and dried fir cone bottoms.  From all of this stash I came up with the above arrangement.

I then laid it all out and gave it a coat of bronze powertex and allowed it to dry.

Then I had a wander down to the post office and came across a tree which was shedding its acorns and caps, so I picked a few up on the way back and added them to my piece.

Then once everything was completely dry I got the pigments out and started to colour everything up.  

Apparently there are four seasons to the green man set and this one is my version of autumn.  I'm really pleased with how it turned out.

Little Miss Glitter Berry

After we'd finally finished off the meat, pork pie, salad stuff, pigs in blankets and cheese, all washed down with a glitter berry J2O the bottle was calling to me sat on the side on its lonesome.

So I made a head and body from wire, tinfoil and masking tape.

I covered the main of the body with t-shirt fabric and black Powertex and left it to dry over night.

After mixing black and red Powertex together which came out a lovely burgundy / deep wine colour, I set about decorating her with individual squares of fabric.

Once dry I used DecoArt dazzling metallics in berry, purple pearl, teal and amethyst to colour her. I wanted her to be more than dry brushed so was a bit more heavier with the paint. I painted her face with black Powertex.

I covered the coloured materials in transparent Powertex and gave her a hat, scarf and waistband.

I'm hoping you can see the colours I've added to the skirt section.

And from the side, again hoping the colours show up.

A few photos from different angles in the garden this morning whilst the sun was out.