Batting Her Eyes by Lesley

Hey people, i have an upcycled piece for you this week.

This piece originally started out as a hanging tealight holder which i picked up from a supermarket for 50p.

Because it is china, there was a good chance any paint would scratch off, even if it was primed with gesso. With this in mind........i decided to cover it in torn bits of printed tissue pieces using a matt medium. And the inside was coated with two layers of gesso.

I added a was of red paint to the entire piece, and then applied texture paste through a stencil. Once it was dry, i rubbed some gold wax over the raised areas. A few little rub-ons were added as well.

The bats were painted black and more gold wax added to the edges. I used a length of thick wire, and wrapped it around the bats and then around the top of the holder.

The dolls head was primed with gesso. And i then added black, red and white paint to her.

Using the last bat i had, i wrapped a length of wire around her neck, bending it around so that the bat sat in front of her eyes.

To finish it off, i added a length of chain so it can be hung.

Thanks for reading,
L.xx

Ingredients used
Flying bats colony