Steampunk Altered Brushes

Inspiration: My wife and I attended Stamp and Scrapbook Expo in Chicago where we made a mixed media paint brush…pink and white were the colors provided in the class. While it turned out nice, I wanted to re-work it and make it more my style. Thank you to my wonderful wife Nanci Wolter-Duigou for many helpful suggestions. I was very excited at how it turned out! (Much better than pink). I hope this inspires you to create something fun!

Description: We found a wood frame at a garage sale and combined it with additional used brushes for more elements in the composition and to add depth. On the backside of the frame, I added black card stock embossed with gears and applied guilder’s wax and wax paste on it to pull out the highlights.

I then stacked various mechanical elements, gears, and small thin brushes to give the background more dimension. Around the frame, I added two brushes and additional gears. The entire frame was coated in Clear Crackle Texture Paste to give it a lovely, aged look. I added layers of Metallique Waxes in Aged Brass with Firebird followed by Patina Green and Old White for highlights. The piece measures 10”x 10” x 2.25”.

Products:

  •       10” x 10” Wood Frame
  •       Paint Brushes (used, various sizes)
  •       Finnabair Art Basics Heavy Black Gesso
  •       Finnabair Art Basics Heavy Body Gel
  •       Black cardstock
  •       3D Embossing Folder by Lisa Horton Crafts – Gears A6
  •       Prima Finnabair Clear Crackle Texture Paste 
  •       Prima Finnabair Rusty Gears
  •       Prima Finnabair Mechanicals – Hardware Accents
  •       Prima Finnabair Mechanicals – Metal Heart Locket Pendant
  •       Prima Finnabair Metal Embellishments – Steampunk Gears
  •       Tim Holtz Idea-ology Gears Embellishments
  •       Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Gears Sprockets
  •       Tim Holtz Idea-ology Hardware Screw Heads
  •       Tim Holtz Idea-ology Flourish Adornments
  •       Found / Repurposed items: heart-shaped pocket watch frame, metal parts, and plastic pieces.
  •       Finnabair Art Alchemy Liquid Acrylics - Ink Black
  •       Finnabair Art Alchemy Metallique Wax – Aged Brass, Firebird, Patina Green, and Old White 

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