May 16, 2022 Janine O'Rourke

Wooden plaque by LOUISE CROSBIE

Hello there.

Todays project is a decorated plaque.

It started when I had been casting resin in moulds and I had a little dribble of left over resin in the mixing cup. Rather than waste it I poured it into the butterfly mould. It wasn’t enough to fill the mould but I rather liked the broken look it had so I kept it. And now it’s a meaningful feature on my plaque relating to being broken but continuing to fly.

I’ve simply used an off cut of pine plank that I hammered some dents and gouges into before painting it with burnt sienna paint. It makes it look more like an old bit of wood rather a new bit of light yellow pine.

I painted over the plaque with clear gesso then added some crackle texture and let it dry naturally so the crackle had a good chance to develop.

Then I simply built up a composition mostly using items I’ve cast in resin from prima silicon moulds and Stamperia moulds.

I stuck everything down with heavy body gel then painted over the composition with white primer or white gesso. I tried not to let the white go much further than the embellishments so my wood and crackle still showed.

To colour it all, I’ve used a mixture of acrylic paints and metallique waxes. I added a little sparkle with mermaid effect paste. Then I added a chipboard quote at the bottom to finish it off.

I’ve got little picture frame hooks for the back so I can hang it up but I also have a little wooden stand (I think it was a plate stand or something) in case I prefer to stand it on a shelf.

I hope this has inspired you to have a try at something similar.

Thanks for looking.

Supply List:

FInnabair Products

Effect pastes: Mermaid effect , Rust effect(red)

Fluid acrylic paint: Burnt Sienna , Carmine , Emerald , Ink Black , Prussian Blue ,Ultramarine , Violet

Gesso: Clear , White

Heavy Body Gel

Mechanicals: Hardwear accents , Rustic gears , Woodland leaves

Melange art pebbles

Metallique Wax: Peacock , White gold , White Pearl

Moulds: Machine parts (gears/cogs) , Grungy Frames