Friday, January 9, 2015

StencilClub Inspiration with Jessica Sporn



Hi - Jessica Sporn here to show you how the January StencilClub stencils inspired me to create this shrine.  The stencils have such an architectural feel to them, and I knew at once that they were the perfect inspiration for a small drawer I covered with plaster strips long ago.  It has been sitting on my shelf, waiting to be altered, and now was the time!



I used a mix of Titanium Buff, Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold, and Indian Yellow Hue Golden Fluid Acrylics.  I kept the colors separate, but, using the same brush, I dabbed them onto the box, covering the insides and outsides.  While the box was drying, I used Pam Carriker’s Turqouise Matte Fluid Acrylic paint to stencil onto white tissue paper, using elements from the large and small as they reminded me of bricks and windows.



I used a thin brush dipped in water to outline the tissue paper where I wanted to tear it.  This allows for a very easy tear, and the result looks much better than the hard line you get from cutting the paper.  I adhered the tissue paper onto the sides and insides of the box using matte medium.  When the tissue paper dries, the parts that are stenciled show up, while the un-stenciled paper becomes nearly invisible.  



I used the same tissue paper technique to create an embellishment for the inside of my niche.  This time I used gold paint.  I had previously stenciled one of the elements from October 2013 StencilClub onto a book page using Wendy Vecchi’s gold embossing paste.  I cut it out and used Pam Carriker’s Nightfall ink to stain the background of the page.  Then I adhered it to a piece of cardboard, and adhered the cardboard to an empty spool.  I then adhered the whole thing to the inside of my niche.



Using the circles from January StencilClub,  I created an embellishment for the top of my mini-shrine.  Once it was all dry, I used seed beads to adorn the front edges, and a small skeleton key, which I glued to the meditating figure.  The little key has a heart shape on the handle.



I used some words from the book page my meditating figure had been on and glued them to the bottom of my shrine.  It makes for such a nice addition to my meditation alter, don’t you think?

I so enjoyed using the January stencils from StencilClub.  I look forward to seeing what you create!


3 comments:

  1. Hey Jessica...you must be attracting all sorts of good karma with these pieces. Wonderful.

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  2. Another master piece. Love all this energy.

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  3. This is soooo cool! Love the techniques!

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