Happy New Year

 Wish everyone a very 

 

Firday Face OFF 12/30/22

 Greetings!

Can you believe this will be the last FFO of the year? Do you have any traditions for bringing in the New Year? For me, my entire house has to be clean. On New Years day we make sure to have a pork dinner with greens, black eyed peas, and donuts. LOL All of these things bring good fortune for the upcoming year. 

I have been staying off the PC as much as I can do to my eyes. Since I have opted not to have surgery until some time next year, I had to get new glasses. The sad news is since my last eye surgeries I have not had to wear glasses. I didn't realize how nice it is not to wear them.  It will take 3 weeks to get my new glasses and until then I can't see well at all. So please forgive me for not commenting as I normally do.

Now for my face (s) for FFO. I have created some zipper art over the years but when I saw something like this made with keys, I had to do it with faces. 

 

Please click on the  photos to see larger view.

These are clay faces I made and painted.	After the zipper is in place the texture is applied.
	And a close up of the texture.

 

Since my eyes are not focused in I will now be sharing the featured artist.

This week the number generator came up with #16

This is Cloudia with Comfort Spiral and this is Pixie

However, to end the year I want to acknowledge and thank everyone who joined in with FFO. This is last weeks list, if I missed you from previous weeks, know that I so appreciate you joining in and hope to see all of you next year.

	Bleubeard and Elizabeth		Nature Footstep		Erika N
	gillena		sirkkis		Christine
	Valerie -Jael		tomthebackroadstraveller		From The Sol
	Bleubeard and Elizabeth		kwarkito		Cloudia Honolulu
	Roentare		Gene Black		Linda C
	Iris Flavia		David Gascoigne		Barbara

 

 I am also linking up with Gillena

For everyone who passes this way, I wish you all the goodness, love, laughter, and prosperity for 2023

 

 Nicole

Now it is your turn to show me your face!

 

 

T Stands for

 Hi Everyone!

I do hope all of you had a nice Christmas in the way that you celebrate, or don't. 

We had a very nice weekend taking in all of the football games and just enjoying our time together. Of course we talked to family on the phone and got lots of photos.

Our winter has switched from freezing to almost 60°F with lots and lots of rain. Makes it perfect to just make art. Yes, I got more bottles made. I will work on these until all the bottles are done. I do work on other things during the drying times and will show those later.

I am getting a nice selection.

 

Human Eyeballs	Here is looking at you
A handmade glass eye for the stopper	Pickled Mice
A mouse bead I bought when I was in Japan	Werewolf Fangs. The fur is coyote fur but who will know the difference? LOL
Because poison comes in the prettiest bottles.	The stopper is a hand blown glass bead with a black diamond crystal on top of that.
Well the camera was at a tilt for this photo. Magix Spell.	I covered the bottle with patina paste. I do like the effect.

 

 To get into the T-Party I have to show a drink. I tried Rain's cocktail of Cranberry, I had CranRaspberry on hand, Orange juice and 7 Up. I didn't have any ice but everything was cold from the fridge. The combination is really good and tomorrow I will make this a forzen drink in the blender.

I want to thank Bleubeard and Elizabeth for hosting this fun weekly. Be sure to stop by to see what is going on.

 

Have a great day.

 

Nicole

 

Friday Face OFF 12/23/22 How to add a face to a bottle

 Hi Everyone!

Since most of the US is in disastrous weather conditions where millions of people are without power, I hope you will be able to read this post. For us it is below 0 and very windy. The rest of the state is in ice, snow, wind and under emergency conditions. Let me know if you are in a storm.

Over the last few weeks I have had several requests on how to add a face to a bottle. There are many ways to accomplish this, I am going to show you 2 of them. The idea is to make the face, or any other object placed on the bottle to look like it is part of the design and not just glued on, the piece has to be and look cohesive. These are the two I created for this post and serves as my FFO. I will give instructions below.

This is my personal bottle and holds patchouli oil.

I have to tell you that a lot of my photos didn't turn out. However, I think you will still be able to create your own bottles with this information. Click on the photos to see them closer.

I used a resin cabochon for this bottle. But you can use anything to decorate a bottle. If you use a stone or glass you must back them with felt.  Stone and glass will not adhere to a glass bottle. Well it will but then fall off.	I love this bottle with a smooth top and ridges on the bottom. I spray painted it black. As much as I hate using hot glue, it is the best type of glue to adhere with for bottles, and it is much faster.
I used air dry clay to make a bezel around the cab. However, you can use just about anything. Such as twine or ribbon. Anything goes. If you do use clay lay a line of white glue to adhere the clay as it dries.	Once the clay is laid in, make some sort of design on it. Any type of tool will work. Even a tooth pick.
Once the clay is dry, it's time to make texture. This is the same method for corpsing skulls. See the instructions here. It is simple water and glue and tamp in paper towel, toilet tissue, fabric, netting, or any other material to make texture.	I used paper towel. Make sure to get a close fit around the clay. Allow the first layer to dry then add another and another until you are happy with the texture.
	Here's where the photos didn't turn out. Once everything is dry, you want to paint. I took gold paste paint and with my finger lightly ran it over all the edges on the bottle and texture. Then I used red acrylic and dabbed all the white space and the clay around the cab. One last go over with the gold paste paint and it is done. You can use any kind of paint, colors, pens, what ever you want.

This next method is so easy. 

 

I am using clay faces I already had made.	The backs needed to be flattened to fit better in the bottle. If you make a clay face place it on the bottle to get the proper curve.
I had already started this bottle and changed it up for today. Hot glue the faces onto the bottle.	Make sure to go under and around the faces with the hot glue.
Make sure there are no gaps. Then continue making random designs with the hot glue all over the bottle. The thicker the better.	Time to paint. I started with bright copper shinny paint on all of the dried glue.
Once that is dry tap in a color onto the glass. I used a white acrylic.	With a very lightly damp paper towel, tap the paint to remove and make it look mottled.
When the entire bottle is done and dry go over the paint on the glue. Just to brighten it up.	Paint and highlight the faces.

  Once you get started making a bottle you will know just how easy and fun it is.

 

Now it's time for the featured artist. 

The generator came up with #23.

Mia from Craftartista

 

I am also linking up with Gillena

I want to wish all of you a very happy holiday how ever you celebrate.

Nicole

Now it's your turn, show me your face.