Hello creative friends and Happy New Year!
My first Finnabair project for 2024 was to give a new look to an old candlestick that I had. I wanted to make it very ornate and rich looking so I used lots of mould pieces and waxes for decoration.
I used air-dried clay in the moulds so that the pieces would be flexible and could be cut and shaped around the candlestick before drying. I added extra texture using some pieces of lace and mini stones and painted everything with black gesso.
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I wanted to give the candlestick a tarnished copper effect so I started with a base coat of purple metallic paint. I then used copper-coloured waxes to start creating the metal look. Jade impasto helped to give a patina effect in some areas and mint wax picked out details from the moulds.
I hope this gives you some inspiration for finding new ways to decorate old objects and there's a video of the full process for you here:
Products I have used - all the images linked to Mixed Media Place or online store:
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