Thursday, July 14

A Steampunk Bag for A Vintage Journey!

I am so excited to be the guest designer today at A Vintage Journey! I truly am feeling honored. I would love for you to head over there also and take the journey with me.  The theme this month at AVJ is monochromatic, hosted by the lovely and talented Tracy. I have not done much creating in monochrome, so this was a challenge for me also, but I dug right in and created a steampunk art bag in lovely blues.


Let me go through the steps with you. I wasn't even sure the paint would stick, so I am really happy with the results. I'll have to start using it and see how it holds up.

I have a number of mesh bags that I use to store projects and materials, so this is the base I used.


First step was to spread a fairly thick layer of gesso over it and let it dry. My thought was the grit in the gesso would help adhere the paint to the plastic. 


I painted over the gesso with a blend of the deep turquoise and peacock teal, then went over it with the ice blue metallic. I laid the whirlpool stencil on the paint, and used a baby wipe to remove some of the color.


I dug into my stash of mark makers to add another layer of paint and depth.


For that, I used my objects and stamped them using lamp black and snow white. I really liked the abstract design and could have stopped here.


But no, time for more blue!  I went over everything with my fluid acrylics - Prussian blue and cobalt teal hue. Oh, isn't that lovely?



Next step, bubble wrap! I love stamping with bubble wrap, and mixed some black and white in to change the hues.


No photo, but I rubbed some areas with paints to blur the background, and then stamped using a permanent black ink.  I also stenciled several areas to create a layered look. My challenge was to create layers by using the paint, stamps, and stencils, since I couldn't build out 3D in order to use my bag. I did not resist adding some metallic splatters, and used the rich espresso for that.


Some steampunk details...


I hung a key and some gears from the pull tab.



I love steampunk, and now I have this great art bag to carry my things in!


Thanks so much for joining me today! 


SUPPLIES:

DecoArt
fluid acrylics - Prussian Blue hue, Cobalt Teal hue
acrylic paint - Peacock Teal, Deep Turquoise, Snow White, Lamp Black
Metallics - Ice Blue, Rich Expresso
stamps - Andy Skinner Steampunk (Stampendous)
stencils - Andy Skinner Whirlpool and Industrial Elements

Other
Mesh bag, white gesso, permanent black ink, charms



5 comments:

  1. Such a fantastic bag and such a clever idea! I would never have thought of adding gesso the the mesh bag, but it's wonderful to see how well it worked! Beautifully done, and what a great bag you have now to store your supplies!! Thank you so much for being one of our guests at AVJ!

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  2. This is just fabulous. Love your beautiful bag, what an incredible project.

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  3. What a fabulous project Maura, love all that wonderful mark making and the steampunk details, wonderful! Thanks for joining us at A Vintage Journey and for being our guest designer, Deb xo

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