The very cool and switched on Alison Mooney from MARS invited me to go dumpster diving recently. Look what I found!
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| Today I do something new. |
Just what I’ve always wanted, one of those things. But in decoupage. So, I went to some sites to find out how to decoupage.
Because there’s nothing I like better than putting the cart before the horse, I had earlier in the week purchased some unappealing dress patterns from an opshop (est. price: $1) in preparation for my imminent decoupage.
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| Ingredients (clockwise); PVA glue, patterns, pattern sleeve, scissors, brush, some kind of lamp. |
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| Wet, extremely fragile, hollow sphere of paper and PVA – should have hung it up before starting. |
The first couple of panels. At this point, I am still trying to find my way with the medium, and maybe you can tell.
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| First layer, getting the hang of it now. |
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| Sewing break! Added another tick. |
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| After using up one WHOLE pattern already |
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| The second pattern has many new pictures – mostly arrows and cutting scissors |
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| Don’t follow the suggestions of the cutting scissors! All finished with an extra layer of PVA glue to make it tight as a drum. |
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| Relax, have some tea.
At the end of this, I’m not sure if I’ve just done a decoupage. The Decoupage Guild Australia site has things that are so much more… polished and other sites featuring how-to’s are doing… things that are different, I just don’t know if I’m doing it right. Is there a difference between decoupage and collage, or is it all just glueing shit to other shit? I think the sphere will look very nice in my designated space for theGRID anyway. It’ll be in a hybrid arts collective (when it opens, in _____________), so I think that will fit right in. |
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