Topic: New Work
For an upcoming event with a theme of "Soul Spa" I decided to create soap dishes for the restrooms. I make 12 of these - 2 each for the 6 restrooms.
What I was given were 12 glossy black tiles from the home improvement store. I combined two tones of Pearl-Ex powder with clear detail embossing powder. Then I used this to emboss the bamboo leaves that I had stamped in Versamark.
I used Ranger alcohol ink in Pesto and Meadow to color the sides of the tiles.
Here you can see the surface of the tile better. I used a Sharpie marker to add detail to the stamping and a Pilot gold metallic pen to enhance the design.
Bamboo was cut and glued to the sides of the tiles and they were glued to square glass candleholders as a base. I had already used the same combination of alcohol inks to color the glass. Here you can see the base.
I got placemats at the dollar store and cut them down to 8.5 x 9 mats. They came as orange so I sprayed them to get them to match the bamboo on the tiles. The last step was to tuck in a little silk flower.
Each dish will have a green bar of soap on it.
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