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Friday, September 17, 2010

Beth's Anthropologie Inspired Triptych













This is the mixed-media triptych that I made for my sister while in Oregon last month.  I started these one day while I was stuck on what to do next on the large swirl painting that I made for her.  She really likes the store Anthropologie, so I wanted to make these look like something you might see hanging in the background in one of their amazing catalogues.

 I found these three thin pieces of plywood in their garage and decided to see what I could do with them.  They all got coated with Golden's Light Molding Paste first.


On this one I dragged an old credit card, that I had cut notches in, down the whole piece.  When it dried I used the same card as a trowel to apply the molding paste through the stencil, to create a raised pattern down the left side.  After it dried I painted it then started adding the embellishments.  I found the stick in their yard, and the piece of wood and a cool rusty eye bolt in their garage.  The blue crocheted circles were cut from an old lace head covering my sister gave to me, and were beige before I painted them.



I glued on this cool lime green fiber ribbon that my sister had just bought, and then wrapped twine around the stick. Then I nailed in copper tacks to have something to wrap copper wire around to anchor down the stick.  I did the same thing to hold the eye bolt to the scrap of wood, then nailed on the crocheted circles.




For this next piece I dragged the notched card through the wet molding paste on the left, and stamped into the rest of it with bubble wrap.  When it dried I troweled through a pretty swirly tree stencil to create the raised pattern.  After I painted it, I found another small wood scrap and a rock and anchored it with the copper tacks and wire.  I also wrapped some twine around it and added the crocheted circle.


I added copper tacks and wire to the bottom for some balance.

On this last piece I drew some lines into the wet paste, then stamped into it with a stamp that I wet first, so it would release easier.  



This was finished similar to the others, with paint, then copper tacks, wire, twine, and a crocheted circle.


The three pieces are made to hang separately, but I thought they might also look nice if they were mounted all together onto a larger piece of wood like in this picture below.





Hmm...I do really like that idea too....might just have to scrounge up some more wood to make more...

 

12 comments:

Brigitte aka Scrappassie said...

Amazing, I love this. Just look at all the texture, beautiful colors and all the little items attached to your paintings. It looks so cool, and I love them too mounted on the big piece of wood. Thank you for sharing a bit of your techniques !

Jenny said...

Gorgeous, love the beautiful colours, want to reach out and touch :)

Carin said...

Oh my goodness Esther, I'm drooling! I love these pieces- the texture, the materials, the colours! Just yummy! Thanks as always for sharing your techniques too :)

Beverley Baird said...

Love these pieces! And yes they certainly do belong together! Lovely texture to all the pieces!

Kelly said...

Wow; These are simply gorgeous! I lOVE them! I want to make one now! LOL. Thanks for your inspiration!

Mandy said...

wow...wow...wow...i realy love these to bits...how clever are you...the colours, the texture the bits!!!!so cool!!!xxx

Manya Keseloff said...

Wow, this is beautiful! I know Oregon has a lot of wood to work with ;)

Unknown said...

These are gorgeous! Wow! Your art so inspires me!

Glenys said...

Thy are so very pretty. looks like lots of work. But I am sure they are all worth it with such a beautiful outcome.

Kristin said...

This is so FAB-U-LOUS!!! xoxo

Peggy Parker said...

I've had "triptych" floating around in my mind for days - such inspiration at the right moment! These are incredible!

laurel said...

Just love these. They are my favorite colors and the textures are wonderful.