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My fantasy project is a set of Steampunk Fairy Wings. In the picture above, I fastened them to one
of my handcrafted mannequins with a piece of my hand dyed seam binding (that’s my newest color). Here they are on their own:
Sakura's Crystal Lacquer made this project so simple! You don’t have to measure or mix it. You just apply it where you want it!
I started with a pair of fairy wings from a local flea market:
I cut away the fabric and chose only the top portions of the wings. I thought I would have to sand away the white finish, but once I started to sand, I saw that I could pretty easily peel the coating off.
I chose some metal gear embellishments and then colored the wings and some of the gears with Vintaj patinas. The gears came in two sizes, and I wanted some a little larger, so I cut a few out of metallic paper with the Spellbinders Sprightly Sprockets dies.
I chose the paper I wanted to use as a base, traced the wing frame onto the pages, and cut the wing shapes out. I decided to put gears on only on side, but I wanted something pretty for the other side.
I glued the paper wings together with Crystal Lacquer. I added a little distress ink to the edges of the "reverse" side and then coated both sides with more Crystal Lacquer. I adhered the clock side of the paper to the frame with a little more Crystal Lacquer.
I put the gears in place using more Crystal Lacquer as glue.
When that had set a little, I poured Crystal Lacquer into my frame, making sure it filled all the holes in the gears:
You can see the Crystal Lacquer ran outside the frame. That happened because the frame wasn’t
perfectly flat; the lacquer followed the curve and ran out. But it was easy to fix! When the crystal Lacquer was set but not hard, I just cut the excess off with a pair of scissors.
The Crystal Lacquer is somewhat opaque while it is wet, but it dries perfectly clear:
To hold the wings together and allow them to move, I glued the wings to a metal hinge with Crystal Lacquer. Here’s the side that you see from the front of the mannequin:
And one more shot of the gear side:
The wings are about 8.5 inches tall. I wish they were big enough for me to wear!
I hope you will try making your own fairy wings! As always, I welcome any questions you may have!
Starshine Wishes,
Karen
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