Duigou Designs

Inspiration: I found a mermaid wall hanging at a garage sale and an old project canvas that I put together to upscale them both into an undersea scene. I was very excited at how it turned out. I hope this inspires you to create something fun!  Description : I coated the canvas with wood pieces and painted it with shades of blue and purple. For the background, I used real large sea stars, large seashells, chipboard gears and resin shaped all layered to give it depth. I added Finnabair Firebird Art Alchemy Metallique Wax to the deep blue background to give it a vibrant look. T he metal mermaid was painted in lighter blue-green sea colors. I decorated the mermaid’s hair with beaded necklaces and mini pearls. I decorated the body with chipboard gears, small seashells, small resin shapes, pearls, and mechanicals. I added Finnabair Unicorn Effect Paste to give the mermaid an iridescent glittery look and finished the piece with splatter paint. The final piece measures 23.5” x 11” x 1.5...

Inspiration: A colleague of mine at work collects Christmas trees – specifically miniature cone-shaped trees. I decided to create a unique tree based on steampunk gears. I was very excited at how it turned out. I hope this inspires you to create something fun! Description : I created various gears in Adobe Illustrator and cut out chipboard and wood gears on our Glowforge Pro laser cutter. I adhered the chipboard gears of various sizes to the chipboard tree cone that I purchased at Michael’s. I then slid the wood steampunk gears down at various heights on the tree cone. The entire piece was sealed with heavy black gesso. I then brushed gold wax on and then silver over top to provide highlights. Miniature gears were added like ornaments. I used spray glitter on the entire tree and then wrapped it with tiny clear lights. Products :       Christmas Tree Cone from Michael’s       Chipboard Gears – Various Sizes created in Adobe Illustrator and cut on a Gl...

Inspiration: As part of La-La Land Crafts Virtual Craft Retreat, an album was one of the projects. Since my wife and I were both making the same things with duplicate kits, I decided to change the theme to use some of my Stamperia Sir Vagabond Aviator papers and elements and a bit of steampunk flair. With some helpful suggestions from wife , I was very excited at how it turned out. I hope this inspires you to create something fun! This super cool Steampunk Flight Album measures 6.5" x 6" x 0.75" with a beautiful cover, sliding closure, 26 pages decorated throughout. The album includes two pockets, six tags, four double sided dividers, and so many spaces for all your photos and memorabilia items. Description : The album was designed by the talented team at La-La Land Crafts and I added a steampunk theme using Stamperia's Sir Vagabond papers, and chipboards along with stenciled pages, 3D stickers, gears, ribbon, photo mounts, and fun ephemera. Products :      ...

Inspiration: As part of La-La Land Crafts Virtual Craft Retreat, a mini-album was one of the projects. Since my wife and I were both making the same things with duplicate kits, I decided to change the theme to use some of my Stamperia Sir Vagabond Aviator papers and elements and a bit of steampunk flair. With some helpful suggestions from wife , I was very excited at how it turned out. I hope this inspires you to create something fun! Description : I started with a mini-album design. This super cool Steampunk Fight Travel Mini-Album measures 6.5" x 5.25" x 0.75" with a steampunk flight themed cover, sliding closure, pop-out card and loads of pages decorated throughout and so many spaces for all your photos and memorabilia items. The album was designed by the talented team at La-La Land Crafts and I added a steampunk theme using Sir Vagabond papers, cutouts and chipboards by Stamperia along with gears, 3D sticker, crackle texture, and photo mounts. Products :      ...