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reeve105a
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Location: Thanet,Kent
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 Posted: Fri Feb 01, 2008 12:28 am Post subject: |
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| Carol wrote: | | How did you make the wall/what's it made from? |
It's made from polystyrene. I cut the polystyrene to the shape I want then use cocktail sticks to position them on the background. When I'm happy with it I glue them to the background with no more nails. Then I paint on a PVA/water mix and cover it with play sand. I do this twice. In the last two coats of sand I added crushed terracotta, some darker sand and Gold glitter to the play sand to make it look darker and more natural. I let it dry for two days then I gave it two coats of polyurethane varnish. I've made 4 backgrounds for friends but this is the smallest and it's for me. I don't glue them to the viv so you can easily remove it to clean it. I made one with magnets on the back to hold it in position.
I was going to take photos of how I made it but I forgot. I did take 2 pictures with my phone to show a friend.
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