Creative Artiste October Challenge - Mermaid Mannequin

 Time for another great challenge over at Creative Artiste this month. 

Our Theme is as always 

"Anything Mixed Media Goes"

Please make sure you use multiple mediums on your projects. Please respect that we do not accept Instagram entries. The term “mixed media art” is a broad definition that covers many forms of arts and crafts, including collage, assemblage, altered objects, handmade greeting cards, artist trading cards (ATCs) tags and art journaling  as long as you use different mediums.

The “mixed media” used includes paint, paper, pastes, sprays, powders, textural elements, clay, resins, fabrics, found objects, photos, metal, inks, pencils, markers and pastels to name just a few.

This is my project for October, an altered Mannequin. 

I found this mannequin at our local thrift store, Restore.  What a bargain for $10.00!

 

The Mannequin  is very solid and my hubby is going to make a lamp out of it for me. It weighs about 15 pounds (7 kilo) and the metal post supporting, runs through the bust it is hollow so we could run electrical wire through it. The platform is on also is hollow.  

Here are some more view of the project.

I used a combination of real shells, plaster shells and starfish, findings,  faux pearls.  The collage is painted with Pentart's Paints to give an antique effect.

Closer look at the front. of the dress. 

  The top design is a old necklace that I took apart and attached upside down.

I liked the faux large pearl on the necklace.

This is the back of the mannequin, 

I added crackling paste to the skin portion of the bust then added a purple colour and then a layer of portrait  paint over top.

I added a seahorse that I antiqued to the back of the bust.  I used a Tim Holtz chunky embossing powder and  stain to antique the seahorse. 

Altered dry star fish. 

The star fish I purchased at a tourist place in New Brunswick on a holiday years ago.  I added paint to them and attached them to the base.  

Altered Porpoise

I found this little porpoise in my stash.  I antiques it and added it to the mermaid's shoulder. 

Products I used for the project are:

White Gesso

Shells

Ceramic Shells

Pieces of Jewelry

Faux Jewels and Pearls 

Stampendous Chunky Metal Embossing Powder

Buzz light Portrait Pink Acrylic Paint

Amsterdam Violet  Acrylic Paint

Kroma Crackle Paint

Pentart Gold Metallic Wax

Pentart Rust Effect

Pentart Patina  Effect

Tim Holtz Dark Brown Stain. 

This was a fun project.  Hope you will join us this month.  Pop over to our challenge blog and be inspired by our talented design team. 

I am entering my project in the follwing challenges:

More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Mixed Media Goes

We Love to Create - Anything goes Mixed media

Love to Craft - Anything Goes

Mix It Up - Anything Goes Mixed Media

Anything Altered or Mixed Media Challenge

It is time for another great challenge at Altered Eclectics. The challenge is always anything goes as long as it is mixed media or altered art. 

This is what I decided to alter, a felt hat from an old costume.

  

I used quite a few techniques to create my project.  I also made a couple of boo boos.  My mannequin head was made of Styrofoam and I did not know that if I sprayed it with an aerosol paint that the Styrofoam would melt.  The faced bubbled up and melted in spots. I may use it in a Halloween project.  In the end I painted a new head with white carpenter's glue and gesso.  Once the head was sealed I decoupaged dictionary  pages on the head then spray painted the face.

I used gesso on my hat before I painted it black.  The side decoration was a combination of Tim Holtz dies and metal pieces from an old belt.  I also used metal pieces from a couple of old belts I found at a thrift store. To create the rust effect I used acrylic paint, molding paste and cinnamon. 

Here are a couple of more pictures of the project.

I had fun making my project.  I loved the metal pieces I found in the belt section of the thrift store. Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Remember to pop over to our challenge blog to see the inspiring projects of our design team.  

I am entering my project in the following challenges:
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Anything Goes
SanDee & amelie's Steampunk- Anything Goes
Creative Embellishments - Be Inspired
Love to Create - Anything Creative
Crafty Girls Creations - Anything Goes

Altered Mannequin

Time for another altered art challenge at Altered Eclectics.  This month I decided to alter a mannequin. It was a fun project. 

This is what I started with

  

I was out shopping at my favourite thrift store one day and noticed that the children's store near by was quickly closing up and moving away.  I popped over to the shop and saw they were selling off the mannequins for $5.00 each.  My hubby was shaking his head when I came out of the store with 2 of them.  He should have not been surprised, after 30 years together nothing should surprise him.  My only regret was I could of purchased their display of feet and arm mannequins.

I removed the cloth cover and painted the body in Gesso and then started to add my findings and lace.  Once I had my findings and lace attached to my project I painted them with Gesso and then started to add my paints and ink sprays. 

Here is a closer look.

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day.  Remember to stop by our challenge blog to see the inspiring projects of our design team.  

 I am entering this project in the following challenges\;

SanDee & amelia's Steampunk/Industrial - Anything Goes
Rhedd's Creative Spirit - Altered Art/Mixed media
The Mixed Media Monthly - Superpowers (always planning what to do next)
Creative Embellishments - Inspired by the colours
Not Just Cards - Anything Goes