Wednesday 25 May 2016

Best Foot Forward by Lesley

Hey people. Lesley here with a little assemblage number for you.

As usual, i didn't really have a clue where i was going with this piece when i started out. But i did have houses in my head.


I glued the small cube together and gave it a coat of gesso and then a wash of grey paint. There was some printed tissue on my desk, so they got glued down with another wash of paint over the top.


I used the mini plaques in wood and greyboard to decorate the sides of the cube. And then added some texture balls (very messy!) A few little bits and bobs from my stash and some words were added.



The roof is actually a building block donated by my twins and painted. This was placed on top of some driftwood discs. I added a couple of eyes and a rusty spring.


The house looked a bit weeny, so i attached it to a vintage porcelain leg from an old doll. It wasn't too stable, so i mounted it onto a fancy atc.


Finally i added some dots using a white acrylic paint pen.


I can see more houses on legs being made........perhaps a whole street!

Thanks for reading.

L.xx

Ingredients used
Shaped ATC wood blank
Mini rectangle greyboard shapes
Notched rectangle wood shapes
Artist trading block, small

3 comments:

  1. Lovely quirky house Lesley. Love the triangular piece with the eye and added white details. Great title too. Tracy x

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  2. hahah, I often work that way too - not really having a clue where the project will take me. Your one-legged cube with all-seeing roof is just brilliant! And the title is too. xx

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  3. Just love this! It's so wacky and original! I'm grinning from ear to ear! Great use of the wonderful Calico parts! xx

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