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

Skull in a Jar

 

I cast a skull and coloured it up.  I needed it raised out of the lid so I used a cotton spool and some cardboard.

I glued a large spider on the top of the jar.

I added white shredded paper and some mini resin embellishments.

I used brushed iron alchemy wax on the embellishments.

And after I'd coloured them I decided that it needed a proper more stable base, so covered a coaster with black powertex and added in some small sand balls.

I used white powertex to dry brush over the coaster to show the sand balls and texture.

View from the left side.

View from the right.

And then finally a shot in the garden.

This is for sale in my online shop.

Dolls Head in a Jar

 

I started off playing with plastic spiders, a jar and black tulle.

I painted the dolls head and gave her some make-up!

And this was the end result.

From the left side.

The right side.

This is for sale in my online shop.

Santa of the Dead

I covered a skull with a mix of powertex and different sizes of sandballs.  I added a couple of flowers in the eyes, but they have kind of got lost, so did the mouth, so I was playing around with some hardware in the shape of nuts, bolts and screws.

Once I was happy with the mouth/teeth, I then started playing around with pieces for the nose and eyes.

Added a gem to each eye socket and some red roses.

I then added hand charms and some chain. 

Due to all of the nuts and bolts at the front, I needed to add some 'weight' to the back so it would stand up on the wooden spool.

View from the left.

View from the front.

I actually love how he turned out. He is for sale in my on-line shop.

RIP Tombstone

Made another tombstone with the books and potion bottles.

Close up of the bottom shelf.

And a close up of the top.

Available to buy here. 

 

Dinky Altered Chutney Jar

 

Martin's been eating up the chutney that we got for Christmas!!  The square jars are so cute and dinky.

I coated the jar with black powertex and then added some sandballs for texture.

I added some resin embellishments to each side.

I dry brushed with gold on the jar and then silver on the embellishments.

And the other two sides of the jar.

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