After deliberating for a few days, I decided the optic lens wasn't right for the feel of this piece. I grabbed by last bit of Aves Apoxie Clay and created two moon shapes.
While they cured, I put some of my favorite chunky vintage-style glass glitter into a plastic bowl and added Ranger Alcohol Ink in Pitch Black. I stirred the ink into the glitter but the color wasn't black, it was more of a purple. I added Teakwood and Indigo and stirred until I was happy with the color. I let it dry.
Once the moons cured, I added two coats of white acrylic paint.
While the paint dried, I added Distress Collage Medium (matte) to the inside corners of the coffin. I added the dry glitter and pressed it into place. I dumped out the excess glitter onto waxed paper and transferred it back into the plastic bowl. The bits of brown in the glitter make me think it is grave soil.
I played around with Distress Stains in Hickory Smoke, Brushed Pewter, and Picket Fence until the moon looked just right.
On a whim, I took a clean chopstick and snapped it in half. The pointy part was going to become my stake, but it needed to be pointier. Who knew I could whittle? I carefully used a pair of scissors to whittle away the wood to a finer point. Once finished, I added Distress Stain in Walnut Stain.
As I dry fitted the moon onto the background, it seemed to clean so I dabbed on Distress Ink in Antique Linen and a bit of Vintage Photo.
With everything dry, I used E-6000 to glue the moon in place and put a bit on the backside of the stake and held it in place until it was pretty well set.
Next, I need to glue on a crucifix and create a bottle of holy water...should be an interesting week!
While they cured, I put some of my favorite chunky vintage-style glass glitter into a plastic bowl and added Ranger Alcohol Ink in Pitch Black. I stirred the ink into the glitter but the color wasn't black, it was more of a purple. I added Teakwood and Indigo and stirred until I was happy with the color. I let it dry.
Once the moons cured, I added two coats of white acrylic paint.
While the paint dried, I added Distress Collage Medium (matte) to the inside corners of the coffin. I added the dry glitter and pressed it into place. I dumped out the excess glitter onto waxed paper and transferred it back into the plastic bowl. The bits of brown in the glitter make me think it is grave soil.
On a whim, I took a clean chopstick and snapped it in half. The pointy part was going to become my stake, but it needed to be pointier. Who knew I could whittle? I carefully used a pair of scissors to whittle away the wood to a finer point. Once finished, I added Distress Stain in Walnut Stain.
As I dry fitted the moon onto the background, it seemed to clean so I dabbed on Distress Ink in Antique Linen and a bit of Vintage Photo.
With everything dry, I used E-6000 to glue the moon in place and put a bit on the backside of the stake and held it in place until it was pretty well set.
Next, I need to glue on a crucifix and create a bottle of holy water...should be an interesting week!
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