I made this wonderful little circus train elephant for the "A Vintage Journey' challenge - to use texture.
The elephant started out as a small papermache elephant that I purchased at Michaels a year or so ago (wish I had bought more of them!!) I covered him with lots of small irregular shaped pieces of foil tape. I adhered the pieces over the entire elephant - overlapping the edges and smoothing the pieces with a paper nib as I went along. Then I made the 'rivets' by pushing the point of a pushpin and the end of a metal tip ball point pen (the kind you click open and closed) around all the edges of the foil tape. It's a technique I learned when I took a class run by THE Tim Holtz himself! Next I sponged over the entire elephant with Pitch Black, Stonewashed and Butterscotch Adirondack Alcohol Inks. Then you sand most of the ink off with a piece of steel wool. I colored a metal crown and wings using alcohol inks and adhered them to the elephant with large glue dots. I also added a tail that you cannot see in this pic.
I cut the box from Black Little Sizzles Matboard with the Blocks/Cubes Sizzix Die using the largest block. I covered the panels with paper from Paper Stash 8x8 Collage, sponging the edges of the box and papers with Vintage Photo Distress Ink.
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Tue, Jul 10, 2018 @ 2:54 PM
Oh my goodness, this is incredible!! It looks like something you would find in an antique store with a big price tag. I love this beautiful work of art, Julia.
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Wed, Aug 07, 2019 @ 11:11 AM
I'm not sure how I missed this stunning work of art! This must have taken hours to complete and I'm amazed at all the details. The elephant is marvelous, hard to believe it's not really tin. The little box cart is a fabulous base. Julia, this really is a jaw dropping amazing piece of art.
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Sat, Jul 16, 2022 @ 6:29 PM
Julia, this is an amazing piece of art, and reminds me of a "Steam Punk" wedding cake that a card designer from Phoenix, AZ created years ago. I was just as amazed then as I am now. Beautiful work of art!