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Angel ornaments

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Angel ornaments

john lucas

I'm doing a demo for our Crossville club next wednesday on making these Angel Christmas tree ornaments. I decided to play some more with the JoSanjo paints and found a really novel way to make it stand out. The paints show up better over black that over wood color so on the one on the left I mask off the piece, cut out the zig zag and then spray it black. then apply the JoSanjo Irridescent paints.

I thought I would try using my wood burner to darken patches and see how it looks. I tried some squares with shaders and some with tiny dots. The tiny dots leave a look like beads after you put the irridescent paints on. So I thought on of my ornaments would be decorated like Indian beadwork.


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John

GaryG in MD

Wow.

I find the "tiny dots" to be VERY effective.

I love that look. ...GG

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Don Orr

I agree with Gary about the tiny dots and the effect they have on the paint-really make it pop. I also like the halos-what did you use? Brass rings or similar?

Excellent work as always. I'd love to see your demos but it's a bit of a long commute.

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john lucas

Don BRass rings I found at Hobby Lobby. They are a little hard to blue on but I found that if drip medium CA on top and let it sort or even itself out it looks pretty good. Don't know how long it will last. I glued the last one on years ago with epoxy. The epoxy always shows and I have had a couple fall off over the years.

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Thanks  John.


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