Dwell in Possibility - Karan Gerber

 HI Friends, I am back to share an altered project I created for Dusty Attic using some of their mechanical pieces.

Using lots of cogs, gears and that gorgeous Seahorse, I put together this small project on a 5x7 canvas

I used some Stamperia Allegro Paints for the turquoise, 

Sparks Dragons Eye paint for the golds. 

Products Used

Industrial Cluster 1;  Marine Mechanical - Seahorse Small; 

Cogs and Gears; Mini Cogs #1

 

 

Under the Sea - Karan Gerber

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 Hello creative friends and welcome back to the blog. Today I am sharing a steampunk vibe project.

Dusty Attic  have released a new range of Steampunk and Industrial chipboard pieces I so wanted to play with. So I designed this 8x8 on a flat board Canvas. 

Now I have to explain, I do not consider myself a mixed media artist, I like to dabble in it. Sometimes, I surprise myself and come up with a great project. 

This for me, was one of those projects. I used papers from Sea World from Stamperia for my background. 

I also used a few of their acrylics to come up with the colours I have. This came about rather quickly as the paints just happen to be perfect. I added in some Turquoise fluid acrylic and burnt sienna. 

The burnt sienna allowed me to create the darker shadows you see under some of the pieces. I also added in some brads from my stash where i felt they needed to be to add that special detail 

 I love how it turned out, even the title, which I cut out from one of the papers looks metal  but its paper. I sanded the edges, then added some mediums and finally gold wax. 

Here is the finished flat board canvas, I love how it turned out!!

Why not give these new steam punk pieces a try, they are fabulous to play with. 

Materials Used:

    

 

Broken Bits; Machine Mechanicals; Gears by Nuneka; Cogs & Gears

Champions - Adri Du Preez - Mood Board Inspiration

 Hello everyone!

I am sharing my project inspired by the March moodboard filled with so many wonderful Dusty Attic chippies, Prima resins and Mitform Casting metal elements.

This is my son-in-law Juan, who loves mountain biking.  The dirt, adrenaline, mental and physical challenge is what makes him tick, and he is always up for a challenge. 

Here is the moodboard.

and here is my project.

This large gear was cut out off  thick cork by my husband, as I could not find one in any of our craft shops. 

All the chipboard pieces, except the mini captions, were randomly covered with coarse gesso, and once dry covered with black gesso. Next, I painted the parts with using a sponge brush and Americana Acrylic paint in Burnt Umber, Georgia Clay, Tangelo Orange and True Ochre. I dry brushed all the parts with white gesso and Art Alchemy Wax in Rich Copper.

Behind the cork gear I glued a piece of corrugated cardboard that has some randomly torn sections. I covered the corrugated cardboard with black gesso and once dry I painted it the same way as I did the cogs and gears without using course gesso as I felt the torn sections had enough texture.

The three mini captions defines Juan's character so well, and were covered with the Georgia Clay acrylic paint and edged with the Burnt Umber.

I love the Geckos. They were both first covered with clear gesso and then Distress Oxide in Black Soot and Walnut Stain, pressed onto a craft mat and spritz with water and slid through the droplets a few times. Then, dry brushed with Tangelo Orange and white acrylic paint. 

The bike chains were painted with Burnt Umber acrylic paint, edged with black ink and dry brushed with Tangelo Orange and white acrylic paint.

Some close ups.

Look at the amazing texture on the cork and corrugated cardboard.

Here you can see the stunning Mitform Casting metal elements.

After everything was glued down I added copper glass glitter and splatters with diluted white gesso.

These are the Dusty Attic chipboard pieces that I have used.

DA1151 - Bard Wire Frames

DA2595 - Geckos

DA1935 - Machine Parts #2

DA0405 - Mini Chains

DA1939 - Gauge Pointers

DA1308 - Mini Captions #5

DA1941 - Bike Chains

DA2184 - Industrial Globes #3

DA1949 - Industrial Border #1

DA1977 - Cogs and Gears

DA0002 - Cogs #2

DA0232 - Jumbo Cogs #1

DA2501 - Jumbo Cogs #2

DA1938 - Industrial Chains

DA0327 - Cogs Frame Set

Why not enter the moodboard Challenge yourself?  All you need to do is add your take on the challenge into the comments section on the Dusty FANattics Facebook page for your chance to win one of two amazing $50 Credits to choose any chippies you like. 

Good luck and happy crafting!