An Altered ATC Box for RCAG

I like to take small things and build them up into larger things.

I really wanted to be an architect growing up, but a male

teacher dashed my ambitions and told me I'd have better luck

being a grease monkey. 

Boy would I like to see him today! Ha!

Anyway, this is several pieces all glued together to make

a rather elaborate ATC Box from

Retro Cafe Art Gallery!

Here we go!

I painted the box pieces with Heavy Black Gesso, and the Relics

and Artifacts pieces with Heavy White Gesso. 

I used paper clay and an IOD mould to create an emblem,
 and then let it dry over the egg.

Using a stencil and Opal Magic Paints, I sponged the colors

onto all 4 sides of the box. I wanted a blue and gold combination

with the blue only on the front. I made it splotchy to keep it in
the background and not take over the piece.

These paints blow me away every time I use them. They are

just plain magical.

The egg and topper were painted with Metalliques as well as the paper

 mould piece.The egg has 2 colors of red and a purple to shade.

Here's a Tip: some people ask me, "do you ever just 

make something and not like it?"

YES! I painted the top white, then added paints, hated it, painted

it black, added opal magics, hated that, and took it to the sink and

soaked it, scrubbed it and picked the paint out of the crevasses

until it was completely clean.

Then I started all over again to get the results you see here....

never give up, and don't quit! 

 The German Dresden on the left has black gesso on it. See the

difference in the one the right without it?

This is the back with the cool German Dresden. The piece on the 

back of the Imperial Egg base is cut apart from the Victorian

Dresden and painted with ArtAlchemy Paints.

Now this is the "piece de resistance". I used German Dresden around 

the topper and another piece cut from the Gold Fancy Victorian

Decorations Dresden that I painted.

The small Rhinestone chain goes around the topper. 

The red paints are used on the inside of the box, and the outside

edges are painted black for contrast.

The leftover piece of the German Dresden goes on the 

front of the mould to add just a bit more interest.

And the larger Rhinestone chain goes around the egg.

I used an unfinished wood candlestick as the base. I painted it

with Metalliques too, and added more rhinestone chain. 

It's all put together with 3D Matte Gel and some jeweler's 

glue around the topper. 

As always, if you have any questions or thoughts, I'm always

ready to help.

Your Friend in ART,

Linda

Products Used from RCAG:

ATC Box Kit

Unfinished Wood Candlestick-Tall

Relics and Artifacts-Imperial Eggs

Honeycomb Stencil

Fancy Gold Victorian German Dresden

German Dresden-Antique Hardware Gold

German Dresden Baroque Silver

Heavy Black Gesso and Heavy White Gesso or the 6 pack Mixed Media

Paper Clay

Rhinestone Chain

IOD Mould-I used Baroque 3, but you could use Baroque 4 as well

3D Matte Gel

ArtAlchemy Paints-Metalliques - Rusty Red, Royal Red, Deep Waters, Dark Velvet, Ancient Coin, and Brass Hardware.

ArtAlchemy Paints-Opal Magics - Violet/Gold and Yellow/Blue.