A crafter can never have too much storage and what is nicer than decorating your own? I'm making quite a few bits at the moment in an effort to make my tiny weeny art space more colourful and more organised. My latest piece is done with Powertex.
I made the kit up and then coated all over with Ivory Powertex. I then added a texture paste, made up from Powetex and 3D flex. I roughly spread it over the two ends and in patches on the top of the storage caddy.
On the longer sides I used Easy Structure to push through two of the artist quote stencils. I then sprayed with blue bister and left to dry.
I also stencilled one side of the carry handle and on the other I roughly spread some of the 3D flex texture paste and pressed a plaster piece into it.
Once dry I washed back removing the surface bister and leaving a nicely stained base. The bister had encouraged some great crackles on the ends and some nice fine ones on the top.
Next I used Acrylic inks from The Secret Art Loft to build up layers of colour and to bring out the crackles.
I used Aqua, Viola, Palm and Deep Sea which I applied randomly with a brush, wiping back with a wet wipe. This enabled me to build a colourful piece with a nice splodgy arty vibe.
Over the handle I added the colours and let them drip down, this gave a nice deep colour in the corners where the handle met the top of the tray.
Finally I mixed up some Bronze Colortricx with some Easy varnish and dry brushed the art quotes.
I also used some Secret Art Loft Blueberry Pie acrylic paint and dry brushed over the rough textures to add further depth.
That's all for now
Fi xx
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As you know, each of us is sharing our favourite makes for Mixed Up today, and the project I’ve chosen to share with you is Deep Ice.
I created Deep Ice for the December 17/January 18 Magazine issue. I adore getting texture into whatever I create and this one is a very deeply textured and tactile piece made from Powertex and mediums created to work with it.
It took a few days to create from start to finish just because you need to be patient and let the layers of 3D Flex texture paste dry out before you start adding colour. This was the base layer…
And this shows the build up of colour using pure powder pigments blended into Powerwax which is water based and archival quality..
I’m also showing a sneak peek of my Upcycled Powertex Japanese Journal that was published on Mixed Up Mag on Friday 18th May! You need to be a subscriber to view this step by step project.
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I made the kit up and then coated all over with Ivory Powertex. I then added a texture paste, made up from Powetex and 3D flex. I roughly spread it over the two ends and in patches on the top of the storage caddy. 
Once dry I washed back removing the surface bister and leaving a nicely stained base. The bister had encouraged some great crackles on the ends and some nice fine ones on the top.
