To create my project, I covered a wooden tryptich with Paper Artsy Vintage Lace acrylic paint, but any pale paint would be fine. I then stamped Katya and the Russian Floral Egg onto some pale scrapbook paper, using Potting Shed Archival Ink. I stamped the Large Crackle Background over the top using second generation stamping, as I did not want the crackle stamp to overpower the images. I used the same brown ink as before. I coloured the images with Polychromos pencils, choosing a fairly muted colour palette, in keeping with an old religious icon that you might find in a church or museum. I added some brown shading around the edges of each section, just with the edge of a pencil, before adhering each section to the tryptich.
3 comments:
Absolutely stunning, love everything about it Judith, you've created that aged look perfectly, beautifully designed front and back, Kate x
My first reaction upon seeing this was that it reminded me of a church ikon - you just need to change the images a little to religious ones - I'd not even read your description! The crackle stamping being second generation has created such a subtle effect & the colour palette is lovely & warm with that really aged look that is characteristic of religious ikons. Your patterned eggs inverting the stamping so they're end to end & top to top gives a really lovely symmetrical feel to the whole & your serviette is a perfect foil with the dark background contrasting with the opened triptych. Your gold & green gilding provides such an appropriate finishing touch.
stunning piece x
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