Altered bottle:steampunk

dear all

this is my tiny first effort to make an altered steampunk bottle...

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Altered bottle: Tutorial

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 Dear All

I wish you a very HAPPY NEW YEAR...

 Cant believe another year passed so quickly!lets start our new year with a new tutorial! as you know altered art is one of my favorite subject

you can see my other altered projects  here.

lets start..

take a bottle of your choice .Wash it .you may remove the lebel,in this case I did not remove it.get a piece of cloth and soak  it in  PVA glue.and wrap around the bottle .Create drama when wrapping around-it should have some pockets and crevices ...let it dry for a night...it should become pretty hard..

 on the next day sprinkle sands at the bottom portion of the bottle( apply PVA glue ,then sprinkle) ...I borrowed this sand from construction side.
After it dries up ,gently shake off the excess sands..

after applying gesso

 next its time to apply putty...I am using just ASIAN PAINTS putty ..get a spatula or a palette knife and apply putty to the areas where there is no fabric..the idea is to create as much as texture as possible....

now get a piece of newspaper -crumple it --wrap a plastic sheet over it --use it as a tool to create texture with it on the putty which you have just applied.. it will add a weavy effect on the putty ( we dont want putty-portion look just plain)

here at this point you have to fix all the sea-shells at the neck of the bottle....just stick those in the putty
these are available at any craft store
let it dry over night ..it may depend on the weather condition..then apply gesso..again let it dry

TIPS: when ever you work with this type of textured projects make sure you apply gesso/colour very carefully -it should go in to every dent or crevices..because people tend to twirl bottles in their hands hence ,no portion should be done poorly..check second time always..

make a star fish of m-seal and stick it.
and at the neck the coral is real!!

after 1 coat of high gloss enamel paint

 after this  high gloss enamel paints should be applied all over the bottle ..gesso helps enamel paint to adhere greatly..this picture was taken after 1 coat...I applied 2 coats .

let it dry ..it took 2 days in my case....

after it was dried --get your old brushes..here I used 2 brushes so I can apply  paints in every corner... dont forget to keep a rag handy

now apply oil paints as per your choice -and wipe off with the rag ...here how it looks

Enjoy

Altered bottle

dear all

before I upload any picture of this altered bottle ,I must apologize for the poor picture quality .

This was inspired by the fauxed forged metal  art.

hope you guys like it.

front

side

back

altered bottle art

dear All

My bottle mania continues!

this is my 4th bottle alteration!

this time-- a sea-theme!

I totally enjoyed the journey.

here its not possible to describe the process but i wish to share some of the experience associated with it!

Thanks to my brother (he has a marine Aquarium),I borrowed the golden shell from him..the original colour was pale brown and i made it "bronze" so that it can go with the whole thing.and the corals also which are original!

I borrowed some sand from a construction site to make the sea bed at bottom!to give the sands a shimmering effects i used some gold highlights ( i know its invisible for my camera condition)

First I was not sure what else i could make,I searched net and decided to make a starfish with epoxy clay !

the neck of the bottle is decorated as a light house ,I added a small window in it!

overall i am satisfied with the out come 

i go really slow with my creativity ,that's the trick!

see you soon

Altered Bottle

dear all

the summer is quite unbearable here in India.people love to stay indoors during this time..

for me staying home means doing something crafty..

As promised ,here I am back with another bottle art.

the first picture that you will see was taken during the making- so that you can understand the concept of it.

this was inspired by a Russian bottle art .the bottle is rich purple with a matching stone to embellish.

final snaps...

hope you like it!

see you soon

p.s another version of it ....

altered bottle

dear all

I am back with another altered bottle .

see some snaps

its the same bottle-two stones are used,one pink and one blue

see you soon

altered version of the same bottle is

altered bottle

dear all

I Shared my love for altered bottle with you...and here I present another bottle with vintage leather twist.

almost every props i used for this project were found at home ,namely old keys and a strap of leather.

I  love "fauxed" so much!

See you soon!