Green Man Plate

 

This is a plate that I was given who wasn't keen on the colour.

Painted it in black powertex, coated a piece of t-shirt fabric, scrunched it up and placed it in the middle and then placed the green man in the centre.

Whilst still a bit tacky I placed some resin, wooden and natural pieces around the centre piece.

I coated everything in powertex and then used treasure gold and alchemy waxes to bring out the different textures.

Then I took some photos outside which represents a truer colour.

Close up of the green man in the middle.

And another close up of the right side.

And the bottom.

This is now for sale in my on-line shop.

Table Decoration - Christmas Gifts

 

On our walks over the fields near where we live, I picked up these bits and bobs.  The orange, apple and lime slices were homemade and baked in the oven to dry out.

Close up of the fruit slices and pieces of wood.

Berries, pine and fir cones.

Then I powertexed them all in bronze.

Next I drew around a glass and then used crackle paste through a flourish stencil leaving the space around the inner circle free from paste.

Once dried, I coated in bronze powertex.

Next I cut up four pieces of corrugated cardboard and moulded them around a glass.

Once everything was dry, I started to arrange the elements on the mdf plaques and gave everything a coat of powertex as it also acts as a glue.

Once completely dry I used pigments and varnish to colour them up.  This one is tones of green.

And this one was coloured in shades of red.

And this one has been coloured in silver.

And finally a blue one.

And here they are all together, with led wax candles in.

And then later on this evening when it got dark and I turned on a couple of the candles.

I've made these for Christmas presents for my mum, sister, niece and boyfriend and my nephew and his girlfriend, hence all the different colours as they are done to tie in with their decor.

These are based on an idea that Jill at Purple Meadow Crafts had.  There was meant to be a workshop on them, but unfortunately, due to the lockdown all classes have had to be cancelled.  They are trying to reschedule but I wanted to get them done ready for Christmas so I made my own versions.

I also have some smaller ones for sale if anyone is interested.  They are not coloured up yet though so you can choose your colour.  If interested please email or pm me on FB.

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.