This could be one of my all time favorite projects. Randy had a violin he wanted to possibly modpodge, but then we got to talking and thinking and planning and brainstorming and getting excited and going through his stashes and well, it blossomed.
He had so much cool stuff to work with! Some was from sister, Terry, who sent him the gears and such, some was goodies he’d been collecting.
We painted the violin black then glued down some lace for texture and painted it too.
Next we picked out what we wanted to add to it, painted those bits and bobs all black too, including some small frames we placed vintage photos in, then covered in paper glaze.
The mat black (chalk paint, so no priming was needed) was very stark, and needed some dimension, so I dry brush silver over the high points of each item.
Once everything was all glued into place, it got aged with more dry brushing of a bronze mixed with sepia (acrylic craft paint).
The brown/bronze really topped it off. (The white is wet glue that will dry clear)
We loved making this so much, we couldn’t wait to start another! This time, ivory with the addition of some sheet music. I still used the gears, frames, keys, etc, but also embellished it with some vintage rhinestone jewels and pearls that I had with me.
Because who doesn’t travel across country in an RV with four dogs and not bring vintage sparklies to craft with?
Wow! Very, very creative! I’m so impressed!
These are beautiful, so unique, so now the only question is whose home gets to display these?
I LOVE these! I think they are magnificent. You have inspired me to try to embellish some unusual items 🙂
superbe- ou avez vous trouvé le violon de base?