UPCYCLED CABINET TO EGYPTIAN TREASURE

UPCYCLED CABINET TO EGYPTIAN TREASURE

This cabinet had served us well in our spare bedroom but had become redundant when we redecorated however I still loved the design and the shape of the legs so I hadn't let it go

 and thank goodness I hadn't because when it came to finding interesting surfaces 

for creating for our Egyptian themed shows it was a perfect candidate. 

It was an incredibly difficult item to take photographs of so I have included the one above which was taken on the show and then below I have included snapshots of individual areas. 

You will see I have used lots of different techniques, Powertex products, MDF pieces, the 

"Wonderful Things"stencil and rice papers to get the effects I wanted. 

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I don't know about you but we are still loving the Egyptian theme here! 

I thought I would share how I  created this 30 x 30 canvas, it's still one of my favourites.

I used a Tutankhamun bust cast from one of the silicone moulds for my focal point. 

I added yellow ocher Powertex and 3D sand mixture to the canvas and pressed in a stretcher wedge and the 

Heiro Heaven stamp to give the ancient tomb brick/stone impression.

I also pressed the Wonderful Things stencil into the mixture to add another dimension.

The next layer was a torn scrap of leftover wallpaper that I held onto because I just loved the texture and some corrugated cardboard. One of our MDF Stacking flowers served very well as a sunburst and an inverted MDF heart worked as the pyramid. I couldn't resist adding the little wedges I used at the beginning to symbolise the pyramid blocks at the bottom and I felt that the addition of some small and medium sand balls just finished the piece off.

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