Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Gingersnap Creations - Challenge 112 - Color - Iron, Leather & Brass

Sadly this is my final week as a visiting artist for

 I have had so much fun with these machine/steampunk challenges and I think they saved the best for last.  It is their color challenge.....and the colors are: Iron, Leather & Brass - a perfect compliment to this months theme.

And here is my creation....

His Loss
(front)
I covered the front of this box with an interesting high-end seating material which is 50% Leather & 50% Man Made Materials.  It has the look and feel of real leather but is a bit cheaper and readily ava. than the real thing. 

All of the flowers were cut from this same material and painted with Golden Paints (Deep Gold & Micaceous Iron Oxide) or left it's original color.  I used vintage broaches for the centers a few of the flowers, added clock parts and other goodies scattered around the entire piece.
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His Loss(inside)

The quote reads: 
"She couldn't measure up to the contraptions in his mind."  
Which in turn refers back to the title of..... 
"His Loss".

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Elements are a combination of stamped images from some of my images from the Steampunk Get Inked Kit; Scrolls Work & Artistic Outpost.  I also used a couple of images cut from the Graphic 45 Steampunk pattern paper.  I added more of the Micaeous Iron Oxide paint to the inside of the box for the beautiful "iron" shimmer, die-cut gears; more faux leather flowers & vintage broaches; tubes; watch & clock parts an a few TH Ideaology corner pieces.

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It's hard to see from the photos but the two main images are dimensional, raised off of the backround quite a ways (with foam board pieces). 

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To cover the box I used Vintage Photo and Walnut Stain Distress Stains as my base....

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I then covered only the front with the faux leather, added brass tacks along the edges.  I finished it off by drawing on the individual "tiles" with marker and added faux brass tacks to the front using Golden Deep Gold Acrylic Paint.

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For the inside of the collage I painted both sides black acrylic paint which I then covered with a coat of Goldens Micaeous Iron Oxide to add the iron color and shimmer. 

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So there you go...
I hope you've enjoyed the projects I created for
Gingersnap Creations
July's Steampunk/Machine Challenge.

I had great fun with it and couldn't have chosen a better theme to play with!

Have a wonderful day friends!!

9 comments:

  1. Amazing project! Love what you created, TFS

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  2. Roni -

    What a fabulous project! It turned out amazing, I love all the different things you incorporated. Fantastic piece!

    Elaine Allen

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  3. You really did save the best for last, what a spectacular piece. It's a shame that those scroll work stamps are no longer available, but at least I got a set of steam punk Roni's.

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  4. Fabulous job under stress and high quality conditions. My friend Beckie was guesting too. I admire you both for taking the risk. I can tell you both stretched your talents. When I contributed to the Technique Junkies newsletter last year, it was like that and was really an amazing learning experience. Well done all around! xoxo

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  5. This box is fantastic!! I love it! Looked at it a very long time to study all the different elements you used. Thanks for sharing it with us!

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  6. Wohow, this is really and outstanding piece of art. Just wonderful.

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  7. This is just awesome! You are the best at "steampunking" (not sure that's what it's called!) and I love this box! Just so much fun in there!

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  8. WOW what a fab project and the stains on the wood work fantasticly :)

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  9. Great project! Loved how you incorporated the antique fuses into your design. Your creativity never ceases to thrill me!

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