Today we are exploring the Japanese art of Kintsugi (the Japanese art of repairing Broken pottery with gold to make them even more precious).
I do have quite a few pottery stamps but they seemed both too small and too "busy" for the vision in my head. So I grabbed a piece of Midnight glitter (a slate colored cardstock imbedded with tiny gold flecks). I used the SB Curved edge to die cut a simple vase shape. I drew in the lip of the vase with a black sharpie and added white gel pen to soften the inside area that peeked out, then randomly stamped the floral spray in frost white. I tried several options for adding the gold vein "repairs" from Angelina fibers to gold cording but finally settled on textured gold cardstock that I free form cut with a scissors. I wanted a few shatter cracks too, and used bits of gold die cut tree limbs for those. I stamped my card base in moss green lemon verbena leaves, adhered the vase with a chunk of fun foam and scor-tape. Finished with a gold embossed and fussy cut sentiment.
Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2020 GMT Views: 1209
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Registered: February 28, 2010 Location: Eastern Ohio Posts: 6290
Thu, Feb 27, 2020 @ 9:57 AM
I always wanted a fireplace---not for the fire but LOL the mantel ---so much can be done with one---hmmmmm by placing this vase on it---great job as it turned out so beautiful indeed.
Registered: November 3, 2005 Location: Fairport Harbor, OH-IO, Lake Erie shoreline Posts: 60299
Sun, Mar 01, 2020 @ 3:03 PM
Isn't this just beautiful. Seeing this reminded me that I have a stencil of vases ... I feel something brewing! But you hand made vase is simply GORGEOUS.
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Registered: February 22, 2007 Location: L’etoile du Nord Posts: 6468
Sun, Mar 01, 2020 @ 6:18 PM
Beautiful vase, and I love the leaves in the background!
------------------------------ -----Liz "Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, ..." ~~1 Thess. 4:11 (NIV)