Ruchi Craft Studio: Altered mix media luminaries

Hello crafters,

Ruchi here again.

Happy Diwali to you all.Hope you all had a good one.Festivities are time to catch up with your

friends and family and as Diwali ushers in New year,it is time to restart ,renew your life and

home.We all clean up our houses and bring in new stuff around this festival.Similarly I too

accumulated loads of stuff ready to throw or give to the kabadiwala.But being a crafter throwing

stuff always is a painful process and I invariably try best out of waste projects from them.So today I

am sharing with you another project which uses old discarded lamp shades as substrate.Hope you like

it.

ALTERED MIXED MEDIA LUMINARIES

As diwali is a festival of lights I decided to use my old glass shades to transform them into

luminaries.I have used Tinted Metallics LITTLE BIRDIE BRAND from ITSYBITSY to alter my

project.Tinted metallics are really good and I would like to list out the advantages:

1.Works well on all kind of surfaces.

2.Has extremely good lustre which can be achieved with very little paint thus saving on paint .

3.Very smooth to work with and the thick consistency is perfect for mixed media application.

To begin I have used some burlap,onion bags and tissue paper,lace and chipboard scraps which I have

pasted on the shades to give texture.

Next step was to create some focal elements giving 3d look to the project.For this I used old cd,glass

beads,resin embellishment,metal wing,keys ,small beads,paper/foam flower etc.You can use whatever

comes to your mind.I have pasted all my elements with silicon glue and pva glue from ITSYBITSY

and left the project to dry for 12 hours.Upon drying I have given a thorough coat of Mont marte

black Gesso.

Now it was time to start coloring the project.My color choices were to use Tinted metallic paint by

ITSYBITSY and color splash spray also from the store.Pl see the links at the bottom, for the

products used .