Finnabair: December Ambassadors' Spotlight

Monday, 28 December 2020

December Ambassadors' Spotlight

Hello friends,

We are quickly approaching the new year and we all hope it will be better than 2020. But before it starts we are here, on the blog, with new inspiration. Today post is filled with projects by Finnabair Brand Ambassadors. This month theme is "Rust is a must" and the host is Olga Heldwein. Enjoy!

Rust is a must !!!

For this theme I created rusty moon assemblage piece. I used up some of my weirds and odds from collection of junk and broken jewelry. I mixed in some mechanicals and all together I treated with all mediums. Sand paste and coral paste added yummy texture and beautiful base color Liquid acrylics added depth and dramatic look to the piece and Gold wax combined with Opal Magic rose gold paint made all shiny parts extra shiny.

To achieve best results I was going back and forward between adding shine and rust t have nice balance and smooth transition between parts of my moon. To be honest I’m super happy with final outcome and I fall in love with lot of different stages and combos of Rust like paste and liquid acrylics. Those products work just wonders together and if you give it a try you will not regret !

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I bought last year from Gdynia in Poland this small violin so I decide this will be my project.

First I wanted to make texture on my violin that was an mdf violin so I apply crackle white paste and after I make with modeling stencil.

Then I wanted to looks like the colors of a classic violin so I paint with liquids acrylics and gives an aged look with matte waxes and old silver patina on the stencil.

The composition is made with Mitform and Finnabair embellishments and I add also a baroque touch with some elastic baroque decoration.

I paint the all composition with mattes waxes and finish with old silver and aged brass patina.

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Hello mixmedia’s technique lovers! Today I would like to inspire you with a bit of the magic of color which I obtained thanks to the wonderful Finnabair effect paste, rust effect paste and wax.

I decided to create the heart of the ocean.

I love mixed turquoise and rust in color. This is absolutely voicing my soul.

My mold casting have a beautiful pattern. I added metallic wax. I can make them more visible.

I added metallic wax to enrich colors this connected

I used mold castings and to make the project truly rust at the end I added rust effect paste and wax. Inside painted Mermaid effect paste.

To create real rust, absolutely nothing else is needed.

Rust effect paste is really awesome.

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I think I write this every time I do a project for the spotlight, that the moment I read the theme I just knew I had to make a project! I mean – “rust is a must”! I’ve been on a rust/tea/old paper kind of color scheme for a while and although by the time I’m writing this I’ve actually started going on a more colorful direction already, rust is always such a nice color and texture combination. I mean it has to say something that even my mother-in-law brings me rusty nails she’s found in her summer cottage!

Given the month of the theme – December – I made some decorations. I went with the kind of classic rusted nail, reddish color with these, but as there’s no sleighs or elves on them, they go year around. I combined the harsh, grungy look of the rust to soft and airy feel of the laces and ribbons. Kind of juxtaposing the metal with fabric, hard with soft.

The bases for the ornaments are light wood. I first painted them using “Flame” color from the Metallique paints. On top I then added the compositions, let the Heavy Body Gel dry and then started layering Rust Paste, Patina Paste, acrylic colors and in the end, waxes. It seems that when there’s mediums involved, I tend to go “more is more”. To give the ornaments a finishing touch, I added some wire, to which I threaded some “Ruby” glass beads, around the shapes. I twisted the ends together echoing barbed wire.

Hopefully, you had wonderful Holiday times and all the best to the next year!

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Hi creative people! Olga’s theme Rust is a must resonates so hard in me that I couldn’t help it and decided to make a piece in my favorite way of rust: patina. As you know, that happens when pieces made of copper or bronze corrode and oxide. I decided to decorate a shadow box with the shape of a pocket watch and make it look old and cool, like a treasure rescued from the deep ocean.

So even if it’s an easy technique (first painting with Blue and Mint Green Patina Effect Paste, and then adding the metal effect with acrylic or in this case Aged Brass Metallic Wax) I added a beautiful touch with Liquids Acrylics to get my blueish-green “dirty” making it look older and a bit rusty too. I also used Deep Turquoise to add depth in some areas, like the roses.

And if you know me a little bit, you know how much I love shimmer and sparkle, so even if it’s unusual… I added a tiny bit of glitter to give my project a magical touch in the embellishments. I think some few elements together, like the cogs and gears in the background, and some nice elements like the tiny pocket watch turned into a shaker, make this piece special.