First, there were the games in which dominoes were laid end to end, matching the number of dots. Then came the toppling of dominoes, standing them on end in elaborate patterns, and knocking them over to watch all the rest fall. And THEN, came domino art.
Funny how every one of these has been a fad: really, really HOT, and then suddently very COLD. Including domino art. A few years ago you could find pre-drilled dominoes, sliced dominoes, hollow dominoes....Not any more.
Fortunately, I am (like many of us, I think!) a hoarder. And so I still had a few dominoes lying around. I was in one of those moods, and pulled them out again to play. Here are the results!!
This one was very easy. I used the Tsukineko Brilliance three-colored pad called "Peacock" to cover the domino front and sides. (Of course, I first lightly sanded the game piece to remove the glossy finish and give it some "tooth.")
I used my heat gun to speed up the drying and to set the ink a bit. Then, I stamped the palm trees using a Stampscapes stamp, and StazOn ink in Olive Green and Saddle Brown. I thought the palm fronds were a little too flat, so I added some bright green using a Copic Spica Glitter Pen, and a dark brown Copic marker on the trunks.
It still seemed a little plain, so I added three little, yellow, square rhinestones, using Crystal Effects. (I found these in a mix of colors and sizes from Me & My Big Ideas.)
Not sure what I'll use this for (the domino is not drilled) but I'm sure I'll find the perfect spot for it soon!
This domino (on the right) is drilled twice through the long sides. (A very good friend of mine who is a carpenter made a jig for me so I could use his drill press. It was a god-send to drill out lots of dominoes in one setting.)
After sanding, I used black StazOn ink to stamp a part of an image from a new Outlines rubber stamp. Then I used Sharpies (yes, Sharpies!- found assorted colors at the Office Depot) to add color.
The next step ended up being one of those "live and learn" steps. I added Crystal Effects to seal and glaze the image. You can tell that some of the color ended up bleeding. Fortunately, I kind of like the look! I added three different colored rhinestones while the Crystal Effects was still wet.
When all was dry, I used my favorite tool, the Krylon Gold Leafing Pen on the sides and the back. And when that was dry, I took a piece of 24 guage artistici wire, and threaded it through the bottom hole. I made random curls along the side, and then threaded each end through the top hole.
I pulled the ends up over the top, created a loop, and wrapped the ends around the base of the loop multiple times before cutting the ends close. I used a piece of black satin ribbon to hang this lovely little piece as a pendant.
Check back tomorrow for another necklace and another technique!
Keep creating!
Your dominoes are great too... Love the colors and the extras that you added to them!
Posted by: kat | August 29, 2008 at 03:19 PM