Designer Michelle Newman shares how to take a plain wooden box and turn it into a decorative copper laden box. The design was inspired by a trip Newman took to Australia. The elegant decorative box is inexpensive to make and is the perfect size for a coffee table or end table.
Materials:
wooden box and ball feet (Walnut Hollow - candle box #17020P)
white and red acrylic paint (Liquitex)
1 roll of 32-gauge copper sheet metal (Lefranc & Bourgeois Metalworks)
copper leaf (Houston Art, item #205)
3M spray adhesive
brush
Krylon Crystal Clear sealer
old scissors
wooden stylus and empty ball-point pen
foam cushion or phone book
stump (available at art supply stores)
carpenter's glue
Liquid Nails heavy-duty mastic
Krylon copper leafing pen
putty knife
Steps:
- Paint a white base coat on a wooden box. Allow to dry.
- Paint the box with a cinnabar red acrylic paint. Allow to dry.
- Spray the body of the box with spray adhesive; allow to dry. Add copper leaf sheets to all four sides. Remove excess with a soft brush and apply a clear sealer.
- Photocopy a design to fit on the box top. Use old scissors to cut the copper larger than the top to form a lip on the underside of the box top.
- Tape the design onto the metal and trace with a wooden stylus or empty ball-point pen.
- Place the copper right-side (design-side) down onto a piece of foam or phone book. Rub the stump back and forth between the lines to create an embossed or raised area (figure A).
- Turn the copper right-side up. Use the stump to press out the sides if any buckling has occurred. Use a wooden stylus to further outline the design to give it more depth.
- Turn the copper over once again, right-side down, and fill the crevasses with carpenter's glue to maintain the dimension. Allow to dry.
- Apply heavy-duty mastic to the top of the box and use a putty knife to spread it on the top and on sides (where the copper will fold over).
- To create the feet, place wooden balls on chopsticks and color with a copper leafing pen. Glue to the bottom of the box.
Resources acrylic paint - Liquitex
Liquitex
Website:
www.liquitex.com
3M spray adhesive
3M Product Information Center
Website:
www.3m.com
art supplies - Houston Art
Houston Art Inc.
Available in local craft stores.
Website:
www.houstonart.com
art supplies - Lefranc & Bourgeois
Lefranc & Bourgeois Glass, Tile & Metalworks
11 Constitution Ave.
Piscataway, NJ 08855-1396
Toll Free Phone: 800-445-4278
Perfect Glue
Available at major craft supply stores, hardware stores, building centers and lumber yards worldwide.
Liquid Nails.com
Website:
www.liquidnails.com
Website:
www.perfectglue.com
decorative project materials - Krylon
Krylon Products Group
Website:
www.krylon.com
wood boxes - Walnut Hollow
Available at local craft stores.
Walnut Hollow
We apologize the company no longer carries this item. Guests Michelle Newman
Textile Designer, Opulent Textiles
Fabric painting workshops are available.
E-mail:
Michellenewmandesigns@hotmail.com
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