Alyice on October 29th, 2009

Ancient Ruins In Color

I really love the “ancient ruins” look I give some of my jars—so much so that it’s often hard to part with them—and those that I have parted with have become my “signature gift”. In the past, I kept to more traditional colors like greens, browns, and tans. But lately I’ve been playing with colors and adding subtle imagery and/or words to the smooth areas.

In the jar below, I ripped pieces of tissue paper and glued them to the surface, and then topped it with a hand cut bird before adding the molding paste. Once dried, I applied several layers of paint and a high gloss glaze.

On other jars, I’ve included smaller birds, branches, and beads. On one jar, I even wrote out the word “Love”. And the cool part is that at first glance, you only see the texture. Then as you look closer, you can read each letter. Going from left to right, you can then make out the word. It was so much fun!

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