Alyice on May 28th, 2010

A Little Texture Please

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 applied joint compound, then I ripped pieces of old napkins that were once used to clean paintbrushes and placed them into the wet compound. Once dried, I applied several layers of paint, then I applied another coat of joint compound and let dry. Once dried, I painted the new layer. Then when the last coat of paint dried, I applied 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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