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.

Steampunk / Gothic Chest / Coffin / Tomb

Painted a mini chest with black gesso, added some stenciling with black modeling paste. Add a section of a decoupage queens and kings 12 x 12 paper and some steampunk pieces.

This is the top of the lid.

I put a skull face on each of the smaller sides.

Stenciling on the back.

I put some of the papers inside and then a skeleton for good measure.

Added a couple of spiders and a chain as the lid was too heavy.

Next I added some fibre paste to the edges and corners.

Then it was just a case of colouring it up to how I wanted it to look.

It opens and closes perfectly.

It's available to buy in my online shop.

Skeleton in a Coffin

 

I bought some plastic skellies from Pound Stretcher. I pulled the head off and added a pair of bat wings.

Then I positioned the arms and put the head between them and just sat it in the coffin shape purely just to dry, or so I thought!

Then, just to keep everything together, I placed the lid on the top of the box.

I decided to decorate the coffin. I used texture paste through a stencil and painted everything black.

I used white paint to dry brush to bring out the textures.

I was playing with the idea of what to put on the coffin and I ended up with just these two.

The rain stopped so took the opportunity to take some photos outside.

This will be up for sale in my on line shop.

Skellie in a Coffin

 

I picked up some plastic skellies and skulls.  I decided he needed a coffin.  So I made one out of cardboard.

I gave it a coat of black powertex and played around with some fabrics and resin pieces.

Then I decided I wanted to mount it on something and use a technique shown to us by Finn aka Anna, in one of her live shows.

After a coat of black powertex I dry brushed in white.

Then to see how he fitted in the box with the fabric in.

Once I was happy with everything I mounted the coffin on the background piece.

And a view from the bottom to the top.

And from the other side.

Close up of some of the embellishments.

And some more from the other side.

And a close up of the legs and feet.

And then a close up of the bottom right.

And finally a close up of the skull and skellie.

This is for sale in my online shop.