Materials:
wood dowels
Fanci-Kwik black design compound
pale yellow acrylic paint
artist brushes: 1/2" flat and #00 liner
200-grit sandpaper
large nail
tung oil stains
1/2" foam brushes
thinner
cotton cloths
plastic containers
paper towels
Steps:
- Use any diameter of wood dowels since real bamboo grows in a variety of diameters.
- Begin with a length of dowel. Create a joint (similar to a knee joint) on the dowel by building up a rounded area with the Fanci-Kwik.
- Sculpt with your fingers.
- Dip your finger in the water and smooth the joint's top and bottom edges (figure A).
- Make several joints on each piece depending on the length of the dowel.
- Prop one end of the dowel on the block of wood or can, and let it set for several hours.
- When a joint is pliable but no longer wet, make a groove around the middle of the joint with a nail. The groove should be about 1/8" wide.
- Allow Fanci-Kwik to dry completely 12 to 24 hours.
- Paint the dowels with a coat of pale yellow paint, using 1/2" flat brush.
- Once the paint is dry, lightly sand it with 200-grit sandpaper.
- Use the foam brush to apply tung oil stain in English walnut to the dowels.
- Wipe an even coat in the direction of wood grain using cotton cloth. Let it dry.
- For the second coat, apply Early American Walnut in the same manner. Let it dry.
- Use the liner brush dipped in Black Olive to paint grooves in the joints. Let it dry.
- Clean all the brushes with a thinner. Note: The tung oil stain also acts as a wood sealer.
Resources Fanci-Kwik Design Compound (discontinued)
Use DAP in a tube instead (available at home centers).
Fe Fi Faux Finish
Goleta, CA
US
Phone: 805-968-1905
E-mail:
fefifaux@cox.net
Website:
www.fefifaux.com
Wood Burst tung oil stains
Emerald City Color
Cambridge, MD
USA
Phone: 410-221-8700
Guests Bunny DeLorie
Owner, Fe Fi Faux Finish
Goleta, CA
Phone: 805-968-1905
E-mail:
fefifaux@cox.net
Website:
www.fefifaux.com
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