Clockwork Muse

I took a piece of wood from the shed, cut a piece of black lace and I also wanted to incorporate the plastic film strip. Then I started to lay embellishments down.

And I just kept building up the layers.

I finished it off with a frame and a face in a pocket watch piece of chipboard.

I stuck everything down including the piece of tissue paper on the bottom right hand corner.

I gesso'd with the white.

Then used chest of gold paint, aged brass wax and finally patina green wax to highlight the edges.

Industrial Bird House

 

I picked this bird house up today from Aldi for a fiver.

I prised the door and the starfish off the front.

Next I covered all the sides with an industrial style paper.

I cut up a sheet of rhinestones on a mesh background into various shapes and stuck them on the back and the two sides.

I took the roof off and covered both sides with air dry clay.

I pressed different embellishments, tiles and found objects into the clay and I left some of them in to create different textures and interest.

I added clay to the bottom of each of the sides and the back underneath the panel of rhinestones.

And again pushed found objects and embellishments into the clay.

I gave everything a coat of white gesso and once dry a coat of green paint. I used PaperArtsy Tinned Peas.

I added shades of yellow ochre and raw umber with water to the project and kept drying between adding the different colours.

Then I knocked it back a bit by re-apply the green but with a dry brush effect.

Next I added some waxes, aged brass, gold and silver.

I added some carmine for a rust effect and then started working on the top section of the bird house.

Once stuck down, I gave them a coat of gesso.

Then I painted the sides with the same green and umber and ochre paints.

Added the same colours of waxes.

Feet added and studs to the roof.

Curiosity Cabinet

 

I picked up a lovely box from the car boot on Sunday.

I played around with some patterned papers on the inside.

I started to pull some pieces together to put on the inside. I made these candles from straws and hot glue.

I created another embellishment using resin bones inside a glass vial and gluing a button on the end to keep the contents inside. It also helped to have a flat surface to glue it into the cabinet.

Next I started to play around with how I wanted to display the objects inside.

And kept going until all the shelves were filling up nicely.

A view of the left side of the completed box.

This is what I settled on for the bottom two shelves of the box.

These are what I settled on for the top two shelves of the box.

And a photo of all the shelves.

And the view from the front of the whole cabinet.

The outside has been painted with charcoal rusty paint to give it texture. Once dry I also gave it a coat of varnish.

This is the closure.

Decorated Glass Skull

 

I picked up a glass skull from, I think, HobbyCraft, but it was a while ago.

I came across it whilst I was looking for something else.

I gave it a coat of glass paint and then black gesso.

I then painted one half in purple and the other half in blue.

The purple side.

The blue side.

The cork comes out and the skull can be filled if required.

And finally this is the back.

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.