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I really did not make art for this day, but this shrine seems to fit so bwa la, here it is.
It started as a end of a shipping box reinforcement piece of card board. The cardboard was made with three sides to fit over a box end. The cardboard is about 1/2 inch thick and is filled with squiggly looking cardboard filler... very sturdy and stands by itself. So I cut a piece off the long strip, rounded the top edges and began. On the back I covered it with bathtub caulking, very thick and put a stamp in the caulk for decoration, then after it was dry, gesso and some gold over wash.
The front I gessoed, then gave it the lace look with an old plastic tablecloth stencil, black paint. Over washed that with a pearlizing glaze. I painted the lady on a piece of parchment paper, I put the gold halo on using a piece of gold leafing left over from some project in the past. Collaged the flowers and added other embellishments. This was a very fun and relaxing project and super inexpensive. I like her. Sometimes when you use found objects, the end results surprise you!
I really did not make art for this day, but this shrine seems to fit so bwa la, here it is.
It started as a end of a shipping box reinforcement piece of card board. The cardboard was made with three sides to fit over a box end. The cardboard is about 1/2 inch thick and is filled with squiggly looking cardboard filler... very sturdy and stands by itself. So I cut a piece off the long strip, rounded the top edges and began. On the back I covered it with bathtub caulking, very thick and put a stamp in the caulk for decoration, then after it was dry, gesso and some gold over wash.
The front I gessoed, then gave it the lace look with an old plastic tablecloth stencil, black paint. Over washed that with a pearlizing glaze. I painted the lady on a piece of parchment paper, I put the gold halo on using a piece of gold leafing left over from some project in the past. Collaged the flowers and added other embellishments. This was a very fun and relaxing project and super inexpensive. I like her. Sometimes when you use found objects, the end results surprise you!
And, I guess all that practice I did a while back with trying to make "cute pretty faces" worked a bit. I think she is rather cute, lol.
3 comments:
She IS rather cute. Maybe I shouldn't take all the cardboard boxes that have been piling up to the recycling bin after all.
What a nice project!
Hugs
I love your shrine ~ ironically I just did a post on my blog about House Shrines, Prayer Pouches and God boxes ~ be interested to see what you think ~ thanks ~ Happy Mother's Day ~ ^_^ ~ http://artmusedog.blogspot.com
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