Marine Mechanical Fish

Hello There

It is my turn to share an arty creation  for Dusty Attic

 and my second for this month.

I love shadow boxes projects and gave this one a vintage steampunk ocean theme Using the Marine Mechanical Chippy! 

I have used a wooden painting panel to collage on, but instead of working on the 

flat front surface I have turned it around and I have used the back,

 this gave me a nice sized shadow box and the wooden panel is nice and firm to work on unlike a stretched canvas.

To start, 

I have covered the base with Stamperia scrapbooking paper cutting strips to cover all sides 

of the frame as well as the base, 

I have used Mixed media glue to stick everything down and also applied two coats of the glue on top to seal the surface before adding crackle medium and colour.

Once dry I have added Clear crackle paste with a palette knife and left it overnight to dry naturally and then coloured using Vintage Antiquing paste also from Stamperia

 as this really helped to age the colours in the paper background

 as well as emphasise the crackle finish.

I have used acrylic paints on the mechanical fish chipboard pieces and the leaf branch. In used various different brands of paints including Sennelier, Dina Wakley and Paper Artsy. 

I used PVA glue to glue the fish and coral to the panel, building under the fish up with chippy scraps so that they are nice and stable.

I have added leafing flakes to the fish and Leafy frond  and Glossy accent to the eyes to finish off.

Supplies Used:

DA3365 Marine Mechanical Fish Large 

DA3356 Marine Mechanical Angler Fish Large 

DA058 Leafy Stem

DA1907 Coral #2

Stamperia Clear Crackle paste 

Stamperia Mechanical Seaworld Paper 

Stamperia Mix Media Glue

Stamperia Antiquing Paste 

Zig 2Way Glue 

Leafing Flake 

Acrylic Paint:

Sennelier Turquoise #341 and Raw Umber #205

Dina Wakley Syrup, Sedona, Ocean , Cheddar

Paper Artsy Baltic Blue ,  Squid Ink

Thanks for stopping by to see my latest project 

Until Next time 

Mandy x

Altered Mannequin for Dusty Attic

 

Hello 2023

I hope that we all have a fantastic year ahead 

filled with the things that give us joy and happiness. 

I am super excited to be creating again and back to doing mixed media again! 

What is even more exciting is to be a part of the Dusty Attic 2023 creative team!

I am looking forward to a creative year ahead filled with so many ideas and projects.

Today I would like to share with you an altered mannequin, This mini dress-form was used  to display 

jewellery and is a great size for an altered project. 

I had this old display mannequin that I have wanted to give a mixed media makeover 

To for ages, I decided that an industrial look would give a great contrast to the form. 

I have started by covering the entire surface with a layer of gesso and  pieces of textured tissue paper, the crackle stencil detail in gold were also done using a stencil, tissue paper and gold crackle paste. I have used the stencil to add gold crackle paste onto the loose tissue paper sheets  so that I

can collage this onto the mannequin, 

as there were no flat surfaces making stencilling really difficult on the curves on dressmakers form.

 

After collaging the tissue papers onto the form I have then added layers of pre painted cogs around the form until I was happy with the effect.

I have then given them a patina and distressed look by adding various colours of gold and a vintage light blue to give them some texture and a worn look,

as well as helping to show up all the layers of texture.

Final touches are done with gold and turquoise patina waxes and some extra gold paint and some red

acrylic for the Industrial Heart for an added colour pop.

The skirt has been made with fabric strips that are stained with a aqua colour spray in dark brown 

and stitched in small bunches around the base of the dressmakers form.

I liked how this added a softer contrast to the cogs and gave an illusion of a skirt around the base.

To finish I have added wings cast from a Prima Imaginarium mould using stamperia extra light soft clay.

I have added some random flowers in gold, red and a soft vintage blue to finish.

Supplies Used:

Dusty Attic Chipboard

Mini Cogs #2 DA1932L

Mini Cogs #3 DA3364U

Cogs and Gears DA1977

Industrial Gears DA2859

Industrial Hearts DA1953

Tim Holtz Idea-Ology collage paper Typeset / composer

Stamperia Crackle Paste Gold

Allegro Acrylic paint-Avorio (cream), titanium white and super gold

Aqua color spray - Leather

Extra Fort Glue

Extra light Soft clay ( wings)

Liquitex Matte Medium

Liquitex Gesso

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish paint - Seaglass

Prima

Imaginarium moulds - Amun and bast

art academy wax Old white, patina green, green brocade opal magic, Gold and aged Brass.

Thanks for stopping by 

I will see you for my next project 

Until Next Time 

Mandy x