Monday, 3 February 2020

3D Skulls


Morning all

Another visitation from Fuzzy Designs today (partner in craft to Briarpatchdesigns). This creation was an attempt to use up some small sheets of glass I was given but, like a lot of projects, it got more involved than I had expected.

I thought it might be fun to use the glass to create a really deep 3D effect. Because I wanted the images to look flush, they had to be painted in reverse on the back of each sheet (the same way that shop windows are painted) and that meant breaking each image down into its component colours and applying them one at a time.

The next problem was that the glass sheets were not identical in size (although they looked it) so the frame had to have a bit of play on all sides and that was carefully filled with sealant.

Finally, each sheet had to be surgically clean to avoid multiple reflections from the sheets in front and behind it – a lot of polishing went on to achieve that!

Of course, all those reflective surfaces meant it was nearly impossible to photograph without swamping the images with reflections but hopefully you get the idea from the photos.

Whatever you are making or thinking then please let me know.

Jo x



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