28/10/2014

Love Moments - Mixed Media Place


I'm so happy to see you here! Thank you for coming! Here's a project I did for Mixed Media Place for my post for this month!

My dad has a birthday in September and I thought to make something for him. I had no idea what to give or rather make him, but then I happened to see card sized mini canvases on sale which lead me to making him a card style little canvas. When I then opened the package and spread the three surfaces side by side on my craft mat, the idea hit me. To make a little triptych!

I had scanned and printed out some old photos previously for a workshop I attended. For this piece I chose to go with two photos: me with my mom and of course me with my dad. In the center part I used a little die cut tag with a picture of a ship in it. It refers to my dad's original job as a builder of scale models.

I played with the new Finnabair Art Mediums in this creation and shot a few step photos along the way.


1) First I adhered the three bases together with strips of sticky back canvas. I left a couple of millimetres between the sheets so that the piece can be manipulated - the strips of canvas work like a hinge. I then cut random pieces of patterned papers, resist canvas and also pieced a doily to go in to the layers. 


2) I glued the pieces overlapping each other with the Soft Gloss Gel. I could have used also the Matt version, but as I knew I was going to paint the layers partly with gesso anyway, it didn't matter that much. After drying the gel, I added a coat of clear gesso on top of the papers but tried to avoid the resist canvas pieces.


3) Then I added the colors! First I sprayed the pieces upside down with mists so that the mists would run "upwards" in the final piece. I used warm yellows, pink and brown. After drying the mists with a heat tool, I then felt that the project could do with some more paint. So I added touches of white gesso and golden acrylic paint here and there with a palette knife.


4) More layering with different paint media! It was time to add the pencil in there, a few pieces of washi tape for contrast and then glittering splashes with Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze. I also added some splashes with Glimmer Mist, too.


5) Then it was time to add the embellishments and also the photos. I layered some patterned papers behind the photos and mounted the photos with the foam squares. I added metal embellishments, some thread and also some epoxy stickers.


6) Lastly I added some contrast to the piece with stamping. I used Archival ink and two different stamps and added a touch of pattern here and there.

I've given the piece to my dad already and he keeps it on his table top. That makes me feel good as it was my intention - to create something that could be showed!


Supplies from Mixed Media Place:

    
              


Materials: Tattered Angels, Prima Marketing, 7 Dots Studio, Epiphany Crafts, Ranger, Talens

17 comments:

Taru Jehkonen said...

Upea idea, loistava toteutus. Tykkään väreistä ihan kympillä ja yksityiskohdat on fantastiset! ps. mixedmediaplacen pitsikukkaste tuli tänään <3

Jonna said...

This is gorgeous! Love the amazing colors, and all the layering.

laury55 said...

thanks for the tutorial, love your backgrounds and the texture

Tina Connolly said...

Gorgeous work Rilka, always inspiring!

Denise van Deventer said...

Oh wow...this is such neat idea....and I bet your Dad absolutely loved it! Gorgeous project and the colours and layering...so amazing! Really love this one! x

Val-Belle said...

That is such a cool idea. I love the colours and it is a perfect gift for a man.

Walkiria Celada. said...

Amazing work!!, thanks for the tutorial Riikka. xxx

Riikka Kovasin said...

Kiitos Taru! Ja ihanaa kun kukat tulivat <3

Riikka Kovasin said...

Thank you Jonna <3

Riikka Kovasin said...

My pleasure, thank you for your visit and leaving the comment!

Riikka Kovasin said...

Thank you so much :")

Riikka Kovasin said...

Great many thanks Denise :")

Riikka Kovasin said...

Thank you Val :")

Riikka Kovasin said...

My pleasure! Thank you for taking the time to comment! :")

Anita Houston The Artful Maven said...

Saw your work on Marjie's blog! LOVE all the layers you've used and the texture they created! Just a gorgeous make!!!!

Corrie Herriman said...

Gorgeous !
Corrie x

Words and Pictures said...

Saw this over at Marjie Kemper's and had to drop by to say how completely gorgeous it is! I'm off to have a look around...
Alison x

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