Industrial Rust Erosion - Box

One of the boxes that I picked up whilst on my recent holiday. It's approx 6" x 4" x ".5" and has a clasp closing. 

Decorated the lid with parts from my old laptop and a piece of Meccano.

I then started to build up a composition using resin shapes.

And once I'd got the base layer down I started to build it up.

Gave all the resin pieces a coat of black gesso.

Added texture paste, rust powder, rust effect liquids and acrylic paints to create the rust effect.

Close up of the circuit board and spark plug.

And another one of the Meccano part at the side.

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.

Up-cycled Skeleton Plaque

This is the front of a kitchen drawer that was being thrown out.

Painted it with black gesso then used grunge paste through a couple of stencils.

Once dried, I painted over it in black gesso.

I made a mould from a skeleton that I was given by a friend. Then I cast it in fast cast resin.

Got a few more bits and bobs out and started to build a composition.

Dry brushed the background with silver to bring out the texture from the stencils.

I used various purples and blues to paint the background pieces.

Close up of the top of the composition.

The skeleton clothing is coloured with pewter treasure gold and the bones of the skelly are coloured with old white matte wax by Finn.

I painted the cross gold as I wanted it to stand out.

Another close up of the various elements.

And finally, the finished piece.

I usually paint all the different embellishments / elements before I stick them down, but this time I glued them down, painted everything black and then added colour.

Slate Dragon Plaque

 

I turned the above Merry Christmas slate plaque into the background as seen below using a stencil, modelling paste and acrylic paints.

Then I started to lay out some resin pieces, I was trying to create a mystical vibe.

Chose corresponding metallic pigments and paints to colour the resin and metal pieces with.

And here it is finished, looking good hanging on the wall.

Close up of the bottom right corner.

Close up of the bottom left side.

Close up of the dragon.

Close up of the middle.

This is for sale on my Website and FB Page.

Journals / Notebooks

Three more decorated journal covers.

For sale - £6 plus p&p or can collect if local

 

Mini Chest

I painted the box in black gesso and way playing around with some resin pieces.

I decided on pipework for the bottom part.

I stuck everything down with heavy body gel.

Added some of the small sand balls to create some texture.

I painted the whole of the outside with paynes grey.

I then decided that I wanted it to be lighter, so I stippled on medium grey acrylic paint.

I added lots and lots of different coloured acrylics and waxes until I was happy with what I had.

This is the front with the clasp of the chest.

One of the sides.

The back, I really like how the back came out.

The other side.

The top and front.

Close up of one of the sides.

Close up of the back.

And the opposite side at the back.

Centre piece - rams skull.

View from the top.

And I've just left the inside plain black.

For sale online shop - https://aviarto.com/workshop/sam-b