Something Else For The Bedroom

More art for the bedroom…

Folief Heart

I’m not sure where this sudden drive to actually make stuff is coming from, but I’m going to ride this wave all the way to the shore.

3 Responses to “Something Else For The Bedroom”

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  1. Oh wow! That looks great!! How did you do it?
  2. This is a throwback to something I remember doing in elementary school. Start with a substrate of some sort (typically cardboard, but wood would work too and would likely last longer). Then you make a raised design on the substrate. I remember just cutting out more cardboard in elementary school and gluing it down. In this case, I used multi-layers of hot glue to draw out the shape of a heart. Next you spray the piece with some sort of spray adhesive (a wash of elmer's glue would work as well and would probably be easier to start with since it would be repositionable). Cover the piece in heavy duty aluminum foil and work the foil over the raised designs. Take car not to make any holes. Be sure to add as many wrinkles and as much texture as you can. Once you're happy with the foil, apply some sort of paint or ink over it. I used a very thin metallic copper paint here, but in school we used india ink. Thin is best. Once the paint/ink is dry, rub over it with steel wool or sand paper. Again, don't rub too hard or you'll rip the aluminum foil. The point is to scratch up the foil and take off the paint/ink on the high points of the wrinkles and texture. Reapply paint/ink and rub as necessary. You could do multi-colors to add to the effect. For this piece, after I was happy with the rubbing I went back and applied more paint around the perimeter of the heart to make the outer edge really pop. That's it. Pretty straight forward. I'm going to do a couple more of these in the coming weeks. I'll take pictures and post a step by step if that'll help.
  3. Holy crap - that's awesome!!!

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