Metal Tree End Table

Alton Dean welds metal into an end table and a cuts a tree design and colors the tree and sky with a unique process.

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Steps 16-17
16. Brush copper insta-rust onto the tree and rinse with water. Let the tree air dry until a layer of rust appears on the surface. Spray with rust arrest, rinse with water and let air dry again. Brush copper plate onto the ground portion, then brush on brown tarnish. Rinse, rust-arrest, rinse and blow-dry.

17. With all three pieces of the picture colored and the base clear coated and dry, set the piece in the pan in the top of the base. Make sure that the pieces fit close together and don't protrude out of the pan.