Skull Candle Display

Stencilled modelling paste onto an 8" circle of mdf.

Made some skull casts from my homemade mould.

A friend sent me three huge church pillar candles.

Using the smallest candle as a centre piece, I created this using the skulls and various cogs and gears.

Each of the skulls has a different design.

And a view from the above of the different sides.

Love the gothic look of this one brought out by the purples.

Having looked at the photos I decided that the candle needed something else, so I added the silver coloured strip around the top.

Jigsaw Piece

 

After a mammoth resin casting session I finally got to play with some of the pieces.  I came across this rather large chipboard jigsaw shape and laid some of the piece on it until I was happy with the layout.

I put modelling paste through a stencil, attached the resin pieces with gel medium and once dry, painted everything with black gesso.

I used various colours and mixes of treasure gold, alchemy waxes and metallic lustres to colour the project.

And outside in the greenery.

A box of Skulls and Cogs

I painted a cabinet drawer with black gesso.

I then made a mix of gel medium, acrylic paint and the small sand balls and painted the inside.

Then I took out some of my moulds and started to arrange them inside the box.

Then I painted them all in black gesso.

I coloured all the pieces before I put them back in the box and stuck them down using heavy gel medium.

Skull and Cogs Candle Jar

 

I covered the jar in a piece of lace and laid out some of the resin, chipboard and metal embellishments.

Then I painted them all black.

Once I stuck them on, I coloured them with the waxes.

Then I decided to add some micro beads.

I put a tallish candle inside which flickers.

And because the lace is still see through and the jar was clear, you can see the candle and the light it gives off through the back.

Then I put in a battery tea light that changes colours.

From the back.

And then it went to orange.

And a yellowy orange.

And the back of the orangey one.

And my favourite, the green light.

And I love the back of this colour.

And the red colour.

And the pink coloured light.

And this is the purple light colour from the back.

I took inspiration for this from the mixed media tutorial by Anat Weksler Finnabair Art Files Youtube.

MDF Mould Makes

 

I treated myself to four of the new release moulds from Finnabair (Prima Marketing) to play with.

I also bought some fast cast resin and OMGosh, this stuff is amazing.

20 minutes later and they are done - wow!

So I carried on and made some more.

I pulled out some different shapes of mdf and used black modelling paste to stencil onto them. I also added some crackle paste in various areas too.

Once dry I painted them all with a coat of black gesso.

I played with the resin pieces and other bits and bobs to build up compositions that I liked. I attached them with heavy gel medium and once dry painted everything with black powertex.

I used mica flakes on the wings.

Metallic lustres were used on this one.

I used green metallic foil to colour the queen of steam and the rest are coloured with a mix of metallic lustres and treasure golds.

For this one I just wanted a subtle blend of a few colours.  Metallic lustres used.

And finally I used a mix of metallic lustres and treasure golds.

Mini Gelli Prints

All set up to have a play with Birgit Koopsens gelli plate ideas with medium gel, gesso and sprays which you can see here.

And these are the results. Not sure I'll do it again but was good to have a play and know that gesso and gel medium don't ruin the gelli plates!!!

Angel #3

This one is slightly smaller at around 18" and I made it for my sister.

I love how the colours on the wings came out.

Close up of the right wing, teal, patina, turquoise and gold.

Close up of the left wing using the same colours.

I used cotton scrim for the top layer this time.

It wrapped around the under layer and the base perfectly.

 

From the back, loving those 'crazy' dangles.

Wings from the back, again loving the colours. 

The hair was again created using a mix of powertex and 3d flex.

And here are all three together for a short time until they go to their new homes.