Creepy Crawlies at Halloween

Hi everyone, Steph Ackerman here today with my newest Paverpol project.

It's almost Halloween and it's time to start decorating.  Paverpol is an amazing sculpting medium that has so many possibilities.  I needed  some webbing to accent this wood house, so I poured Transparent Paverpol into a container and dunked in a small amount of Pavercotton. 

After squeezing out the excess Paverpol, I placed it on the house and gently pulled it apart, stretching it from one side to the other.  I love the web effect I achieved.

I placed it aside to dry, then added spiders amongst the webbing.

 

Using a chipboard cat from Eyeconnect Crafts, I painted it black and adhered it around the house.

 

 

The house was a perfect size for a votive candle.

Isn't it creepy when the lights are off and the candle is lit?

What will you create with Paverpol today?

Thanks for stopping by.

Steph

Wall Hanging By Kim Kelley

A wall hanging with Paverpol.

I was thrilled with how easy it was to create my own background and

with just a few items an actual project you can hang up as decor.

I started out using bits and pieces of the Pavercotton as well as some cheesecloth.

 

The larger pieces I did end up soaking them in a plastic bag with the transparent Paverpol

but the smaller ones I used a paint brush to get it where I wanted them to adhere to each other.

 

Since I knew I wanted this to hang I wrapped the edges on

a dowel I had laying around.

 

 

After manuvering the pieces around and around

and around I finally got them where I wanted them.

 

And let it dry...

Surprisingly that process does not take that long.

With in a few hours, even in the thickest areas, it was completely dry.

 

 

I chose a digital image from The East Wind...printing her with

a scripture "Psalm 139:14" and screwed it up. Of course it wasn't until

I had colored AND adhered her to the background that I noticed it! ARG

 

Yup...spelled wonderfully with out the f.

ALWAYS CHECK YOUR WORK BEFORE PRINTING

So I changed it, reprinted, recolored and glued the neck portion on.

I added some chain and then shear ribbon to hang with and ended up

with a cute and simple wall hanging.

 

 

Now a lot of people would have fix it, moved on and NEVER admitted to it...

but for me that's not what art is about...it's about;

creating, messing up, changing it, learning from it and

passing on what we learn.