Wednesday, July 01, 2009

An Art Pin

Oh man this was sooooo much fun to create :)
as mentioned in an earlier post I recently purchased some Super Sculpey. Well I've been busting to use my stamps with it, and this is just my MOST favourite stamp at the moment!
it's one of the Gorgeous stamps from the Darkroom Door Stamp DDRS027 Artist set
Barb has got this gorgeous stamp at
Seriously this particular type of sculpey is amazing to work with, it's soft and imprints beautifully as you can see in this photo.
I inked my stamp with Versa Fine Onyx Black Inkpad, and stamped it into a piece of rolled out sculpey, trimmed it and baked the scupley as per the instructions.
then I brushed Gesso over it and wiped it off with a damp rag (I did this about 5 times till I got it just how I wanted it to look)
Next I drilled a hole - I told you this stuff is amazing, you can drill in it without it cracking or splitting (I was careful ofcourse) and attached the old key at the bottom.
The letter G at the top is a Rusty Pickle Alpha Brad, I simply trimmed the back of the brad off with my old scissors and glued it on.
And there you have it!

Thanks for looking everyone :)
I hope you are all having a great week!

23 comments:

melanie said...

this is gorgeous!!

Anonymous said...

Lovely, Gillian.
Sylvia

Sarah Anderson said...

wow, will definitely keep my eye out for this stuff! love the pin :)

planettreasures said...

I love what you have done, i can see why this is your fave stamp. It's terrific and I must try super sculpey - when I've used all my regular sculpey and fimo - haha!

Samantha Marshall said...

This pin is gorgeous.

Tammy said...

Lovely Gill! Sounds like you are having fun!

Sarah Feeney said...

WOW! This is gorgeous Gillian!

Lotta said...

Wow Gillian - this takes sculpey to a whole new level for me - I have never seen it like this.

Beautiful blog - as pretty as your jewellery. xxxLotta

Paula J Atkinson said...

Beautiful piece, its fab when new things work out well isn't it :0)

Aly- Bliss Monkey Studio said...

Gorgeous! I would have had NO idea how you did that, if you hadn't written about it!

cheers

Owl and Fox said...

Pretty!

I've nominated your blog for this award: http://owlfox.blogspot.com/2009/07/one-lovely-blog-award.html

Night Owl Designs said...

Marvellous pin Gillian, love all the little details.

Barb said...

Hi Gillian,
Oh my gosh, this is fantastic!
What an awesome pin!!

Rachel Greig said...

This is so beautiful Gillian!!!!

michvanetta said...

so so gorgeous Gill!

Such a lovely blog deserves a lovely award :)
http://michvanetta.blogspot.com/2009/07/one-lovely-blog-award.html

Shell said...

Hi Gillian

I have always admired your jewellery on Madeit.This is such a wonderful blog and your other creations are also beautiful. Your a true artist. Love your work.
Shell :)

Godelieve said...

A masterpiece Gillian!! It's fabulous!

Vintage Papers said...

amazing piece! I love the detail!

Sue McGettigan said...

Wow - that's fabulous! Love the pin, and I have to agree, that stamp is wonderful :)

Jo said...

this is beautiful :)

gaby braun said...

Great piece! Love this sculpey!

Susie Campbell (Sue Smith) said...

I love this piece! Such a great way to use sculpey... might have to try using it sometime soon!

Sharon (glitterangel) said...

This is absolutely gorgeous! I must get hold of some to have a play myself x