Dierdre a Steampunk Mannequin

Finished at last

Well its taken a long time to finish this project, and I must admit I have thoroughly enjoyed it. It has taken a  long time, not because its been a chore, but because like most artist/crafters I have always got half a dozen project on the go at one time. I am really happy with the finish and as ever the pictures don't do her justice .Diedre stands about 3ft and is about 18" wide . all the textures and techniques are available in workshop format . So if you like steampunk leave me a comment.

Powertex ..... the Dark Side

John Glossops trip to the other side....The Powertex Darkside

This is another accreditation piece , this time I made it a little more personal . I love steampunk,  grunge and Industriana and  Powertex really lends itself to my style .

This is  polystyrene head decorated with Self cracking clay made using Powertex Easy 3d and a combination of different coloured Powertex hardener.

On arrival home he was immediately confined to the shed . I think Heather found him a little scary??

After awhile I decided I wanted to give him a more reptilian Finish

this was dome by first painting him with black acrylic paint. He was then  colourwashed with micaceous Iron Oxide and Phthalo green acrylic. This gave me a deep reptilian irridescant green. Finally he was dry brushed with Powertex clear gold colourticx

I would love to hear your vies/critiques .

Dimensional Shabby Chic Book at Craftstation

John Glossop's Shabby Chic Dimensional book workshop at Craftstation  Kirkby-in-Ashfield

What a fantastic day we had on Saturday . I had a lovely bunch of ladies for my Shabby Chic Dimensional book Workshop.

All the ladies went away with a lovely finished project Pictures below.

If you would like to do this workshop at a venue near you ,  I can accommodate up to 20 Crafters  if you have the space .

Powertex Plaques and pixie house

Powertex Mini Owl Garden Plaque

This is one of my mini garden plaques these are used mainly in workshops for the attendees to practice their colour combinations and dry brushing techniques

It was made using Powertex Bronze fabric hardener 

Powertex Stone Art Clay Pixie house

This is another of my accreditation pieces

Made using a jam jar , Powertex bronze hardener , Stone art powder and Colorticx powders

Venus de milo mini garden plaque

Buddha mini garden plaque

Mini owl garden plaque composite

Powertex dragonfly Lady "Miriam"

"Miriam"

Hello there , Please allow me to introduce you to Miriam , Miriam is made using the Powertex Bronze hardener . She is my first winged creation ( but it wont be my last, I can tell you) the wings are made from Aluminium wire wrapped in Banana Silk and then wrapped in distressed paper decoration white ( love this stuff)

If you don't know what paperdecoration is it is the bark of the mulberry tree that when wet can be delaminated into strands.

Powertex Lady in Green

"Wuthering Heights"

This is Cathy, She is inspired by Wuthering Heights. she was my first solo project after my Powertex Training. She is made from heavy weight Calico , a vintage hand crocheted Doily , a small piece of T-shirt material. She is sculpted using Powertex Bronze hardener . The green areas are done with Powertex Powercolor green and then everything is dry brushed using Powertex Easy Varnish and Powercolor clear gold

Powertex Bottle Trio

Powertex bottles

Hi all , These are our first three attempts at Powertex decorated bottles. All using Powertex Fabric Hardener . The first one as you can see is a Pirate themed Bottle Really love this , one of my favourite pieces so far.

This one is Heathers Center's First attempt pre-training . A really nice feminine take on the Powertex bottle Sculpture .

This is another of my Accreditation pieces originally done in Ivory Powertex and Clear gold Colortricx, I decided to re-do it with Powertex Colotricx Red which gives it an annealed  quality

Powertex Geisha Girl Statue

"Suki"

Hi this is Suki , she was made during a Powertex demonstration. She is made using a remnant of cotton curtain and Powertex bronze hardener. Her face and hair are hand detailed as are the individual adornments on her dress. I wanted a really vivid/bright  silk effect so on this occasion I opted for cosmic shimmer metallic acrylics and finally a dry brushing of Powertex colourtricx clear gold.

Everything was finally sealed with Powertex Glossy Varnish.

hope you like this as much as I do.

Powertex Buddha Statue Accreditation Piece

John Glossop's Adventures in Powertex

My First Powertex Statue

I absolutely love this piece, this was my first statue made during my Tutor Training at Powertex UK Head office, The Statue is made using a combination of Natural Fabrics and Powertex Bronze hardener .

The base is an upturned  wooden Planter coated to make it look like Stone a variation of another accreditation piece using Powertex ivory hardener and Powertex Stone a Powder.

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If you Would like to learn how to do one of these statues or learn any of the techniques using Powertex products in the UK please feel free to message me, if I can't help you out I will direct you to the relevant person .

Happy 'Texing

Powertex is a Fabric Hardening and sculpting system combining liquids, powders and pigments which when combined with natural fibres will give a hard , waterproof finish ( with the exception of Powertex clear hardener )

Powertex Buddha Statue Accreditation Piece

John Glossop's Adventures in Powertex

My First Powertex Statue

I absolutely love this piece, this was my first statue made during my Tutor Training at Powertex UK Head office, The Statue is made using a combination of Natural Fabrics and Powertex Bronze hardener .

The base is an upturned  wooden Planter coated to make it look like Stone a variation of another accreditation piece using Powertex ivory hardener and Powertex Stone a Powder.

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If you Would like to learn how to do one of these statues or learn any of the techniques using Powertex products in the UK please feel free to message me, if I can't help you out I will direct you to the relevant person .

Happy 'Texing

Powertex is a Fabric Hardening and sculpting system combining liquids, powders and pigments which when combined with natural fibres will give a hard , waterproof finish ( with the exception of Powertex clear hardener )

Vintage Typewriter addition to the Family

Bargain Basement Vintage Typewriter

Hello again, look what I recently acquired , a 1930 Imperial standard Typewriter.

She is looking a bit sorry for herself but to me this type of object has a beauty all of its own and it came to me for the princely sum of 50p sterling , I believe this is the first year that had the keys in four rows with numbers included into the keyboard. The idea is to do a sympathetic restoration she will be retired gracefully and become a decorator piece

I love her , hope you will too