I can't believe it's blogday again. Where did the week go?
I've been getting messy in the workshop this week steampunking up a mini-top hat favour box I had left over from a wedding.
What do you think?
The favour box was ivory so the first thing I did was cover it with black gesso
I then added a band of fake leather I cut from a strap I salvaged from an old pair of boots (never throw anything out!).
Once the gesso had dried I began to punk up the hat using cogs and elements from my stash including the industrial heart from one of my Finnabair Mechanical's set and a 3 part poinsettia from a Tim Holtz Christmas embellishment set which I put on the top of the hat.
I also added some chains from a cheap piece of costume jewellery I picked up on sale in Primark from 50p!
I used Art Basics Heavy Body Gel to stick everything as it holds so strong.
I wanted to add a couple of more things that I didn't have ready made in my stash - a clock and some copper piping so I made those myself.
For the clock face I cut a clock from my Tim Holtz Lost & Found paper pad and I stuck it to the bottom of a melange pebble with soft gel paste and left it to one side to dry.
The piping I made by cutting lengths of paper drinking straws then splitting them lengthwise. This allowed me to roll them tight and slide them inside some shorter length of the same paper straws giving me a 'joint' effect.
Once all the gel had dried I grabbed my black gesso again and painted over everything.
The next part is always my favourite. I love taking everything back to black then seeing the details reappear as I apply gilding waxes and paints!
I ran a light coating of Pebeo Renaissance Gold gilding wax over some of the embellishments then took some Art Alchamy Opal Magic in green-gold and dry brushed it across the hat & embellishments.
To finish of I painted the 'pipes' with IndigoBlu Pheasant Bronze acrylic paint and stuck my 'clock' face onto the hat.
Voila! One Steampunk Mini-Top Hat!
I hope you enjoyed this project.
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Supplies used are available to order from Craftsite.co.uk. Just click the item to go to the website.
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| Art Basics Heavy Body Gel |
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| Art Basics Soft Matte Gel |
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| Pebeo Gilding Wax |
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| Pebeo Gesso |
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| IndigoBlu Acrylic Paint |
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| Tim Holtz Lost & Found Paper Stash |
