Altered Wine Bottle Holder

We have another great challenge over at Creative Artiste this month and as always the theme is anything goes as long as it is mixed media/altered art. 

For my project this month I decided to alter this fantastic wine holder that I found at a thrift store. 

My picture of the original wine holder does not do it justice.  The container is solid wood, has a leather and wood handle and a metal insert in the bottom that allows the bottles to slant outwards. 

To create my project I sand papered the box and  I decided on my design, added squares of cardboard to the base of the wine box and added a coating of gesso to the whole of the project.

My next step was to create the design and add my findings.

I painted the findings with gesso to then sprayed the project with an assortment of spray paints.  Once I was satisfied with the  look of the sprays and colour combinations I added some white gesso to high some areas along with green and purple Pentart wax paste. 

Here are some closer views

Back view

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative week.  Hope you will join us this month in the anything goes mixed media challenge. Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to be inspired by our talented design team. 

I am entering this project in the following challenges

A Bit More Time to Craft - Anything Goes

Mix it Up Challenge - Anything Goes Distressing

Crafty Creations - Anything Goes

A Inky Mess - Anything Goes