If
you haven't already watched the earlier videos showing this project
you can find them here: part 1 and part 2
First
off I want to say I am sorry I totally forgot to put up a Trash to
Treasure video this last week. I got busy with other things and it
totally slipped my mind until I was editing this video. One of the
things I want to do this year is to expand and improve my skills in
many different artistic directions. To help me get to this end I
decided that I want to expand my skills in working with polymer clay
and to learn to draw and paint. So this last couple of weeks I have
been busy learning in all those areas. I have been watching videos on
different techniques with polymer clays and then spending a lot of
time practicing what I have learned. I hope to share some new ideas
and methods with all of you soon. For the drawing and painting I have
just been sitting down and practicing (I am trying to do some each
day) and I hope that eventually I will have something I can show off
on that front too. In the mean time I am having lots of fun and
loving every second of it. I think it is so important to keep
learning new things, I got that lesson from my father he continued to
learn his entire life and was so proud to talk about the new things
he was learning even in his last months (he lived to be 90 so that
was a lot of years of learning) I hope to be able to say in the end
that I was able to keep up with his example.
Now
on to today's video project. We only had a couple of parts to glue
together. And that was the easy part of the project. I am a bit
unhappy with how my keyboard fits into the organ. I somehow got mine
crooked and I can't seem to make it right. I guess it will just be
crooked, so if you do this kit be sure to be more careful on that
part than I was.
I
decided that I wanted the carved areas to have a bit more pop so I
got out my Perfect Pearls and highlighted the areas with the Heirloom
Gold color. I also brushed a touch of the Pewter color over those
knobs above the keyboard. You really don't see it much but it does
its job of drawing a bit more attention to those areas. I think the
subtle touch is just right.
I
am glad that I did wait until now to do the final finish since we
finally have a beautiful day and I was able to go outside and use a
spray finish on the completed Organ. I like the coverage of a spray
so much better than a brush on finish but the weather has not been
really nice enough to do a spray finish until today. The product I
used Deco Art under the label Americana. It is just an acrylic spray
finish/sealer. I am not totally sure if they still make this exact
product but any spray finish should work about the same.
To
finish the organ all that was now left was to glue in the mirror on
the back. This was simple and now I have the completed organ. I am
very happy with how it turned out.
If
you make this kit or any of my other projects (or really anything
mini) be sure to post pictures on the Facebook page we all love to
see what everyone is working on.
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