The decor of the egg shell refers to one of the easiest types of design. With its help, the surfaces acquire a mosaic invoice, and paints will help to portray original drawings. The egg shell decorate bottles, flower pots, candlesticks, banks, vases and even furniture. The material is combined with pasta, croups, salt and fittings. With this type of decoration will cope any novice designer. It does not require any special skill, nor special tools, and the main material for creativity will be found in every home, because waste from eggs usually go immediately to the trash can. We will get acquainted with a pair of master classes and a lot of simple, but original ideas.
How to prepare needlework shell
To start the shell, washed thoroughly in the soap solution. As is known on the surface of the eggs, the colonies of dangerous bacteria can flourish, so do not skip this important stage when working with the material. Soap can be replaced by alcohol or other disinfectant fluid. Some prefer to steer the shell in boiling water for 10-15 minutes. Thermal processing is also perfectly displaced by the surface of each piece. During washing, they can remove the film that could remain. Then the shell is laid out on a piece of pure fabric or napkin and carefully dry. Ready material is crushed by spending several times with a rolling pin or a glass bottle. There are several ways to attach the shell to the surface form:
- In the first case, a preventive glass, plastic or ceramics are applied with a layer of glue. It "sprinkles" with chopped shells or "collapses" in them. Then the sponge press the resulting mosaic to the surface to fasten better.
- For another method, you will need scotch. Shell is glued on it. A layer of glue is applied to the prepared surface, and the tape is attached from above. Now it is necessary to wait for a complete drying of the fastening substance, after which the adhesive tape is taken with a neat movement.
- The third method is perhaps the most time consuming. The glue is applied to the surface and manually attached the "fragments" of the shell to it. The process will take a lot of time, but the pattern will not be random, but will correspond to the idea of the author.
It is not at all that color will be the shell, in most of the designer "recipes" it later paint.
Decorating flower pot
The decor of the flower pot is performed in two versions:
- Full surface coating shell;
- Partial applying pieces.
For a start, the pot is pre-cleaned from dirt and dried. For a complete coating, the whole surface is deceived by glue. Then they attach the shells. After drying from above, they apply a layer of paint. It is better to use acrylic or to the toilet, as they are better laying onto the surface, they are not afraid of water and burn slowly. You can apply another one through the paint layer another one through the figure stencil or create a drawing yourself. Fix with a layer of varnish. With partial decoration, the pot is pre-stained in the desired color, and the glue is applied only to those areas where they plan to place the shells. Most often of them make horizontal strips of different widths or primitive geometric patterns. The pieces are glued to the surface of the pot, give them to dry, now the original decoration of the window sill is ready.
"Vegetable" drawings are organically looking at the flower pots: blossomed buds, maple leaves, bouquets.
Glass tank decoration options
The technique of applying shells on the surface of cans, vases and bottles does not differ from the design of other ceramic and glass items. Some prefer to give pieces the desired color. For these purposes, they are placed in a container with a dye and give dry. To secure it, the shell already glued to the bottle or the bank is additionally covered with varnish. To this step, they are resorted in cases where the natural color of the material does not harmonize with the overall composition, and it is impossible to apply the paint from above, as the decor becomes the final chord in operation. Vases are additionally placed by volumetric colors from the atlas, boots from pieces of felt, bows, beads and lace. On the surfaces of the "kitchen" jars under the spice, painted pasta of interesting forms, coffee beans in combination with a shell will be appropriate. The decor of the bottles add rows of twine, which turn the container. On the surface you can also glue the real spikelets or blades, which are topped with paint.
Decor of flat objects
In the design of plates and supports under the saucer, the egg shell will act as a background, which is subsequently applied. If you do not own a brush, stencils and napkins for decoupage will come to the rescue. The shell can be glued to the entire surface of the plate, chaotically fill it with its separate sections or make relief only the cut. Also uses the use of combining textures, when one area is filled with a shell, and the other is small beads, bead (buckwheat, rice) or salt. The technique of partial volume visualization is originally: in the picture, some element goes beyond its framework. For example, in a rustic landscape with a cozy house, the fence is made of wood and glued to the surface of the saucer over the image. In "natural" paintings to the surface, real bladeing, branches, cones, leaves or dried flowers are glued.
If the surface of the stand or plates will decorate the city landscape, then the shell, painted in gray, will become an excellent imitation of the stone pavement.
Decor furniture egg shell
Decorating furniture shell is usually carried out partially. "Solid" embossed background on large surfaces can lose its flavor slightly. However, this material perfectly imitates snake skin. Natural finishing of furnishing objects is a fabulous money, so the shell is an option to create an original scenery, which will be indistinguishable from the original at first glance. The design process can be delayed due to specific processing of the main material. Each piece of shell will have to be processed separately. To do this, you will need tweezers that are manually biled from the edges of the extra millimeters to give them a round-shaped reptile for skin. Print shells will also have long, since in this case the degree of similarity with the original depends on their location. Tones of dyes are selected in accordance with the natural tinge of the skin of the reptile. First, the light shade is applied on the entire surface and give it to dry completely. Then, for each "scaly" drip in darker color. An egg shell decorate any surfaces: from traditional wood and to plastic. The racks, facades of cabinets, coffee tables and stands under lamps are originally described.
Decoupage and shell
Both of these techniques are organically combined. Combination methods two:
- On the pre-primed surface gluing a piece of napkins with a picture. For this, the usual PVA glue is best. After drying the image, a layer of the fastening agent is again applied around it, which will hold the shells. For reliability they are pressed with a toothpick or sponge. After the surface will dry it again cover paint.
- First, shells are glued to glass or plastic. After drying, the embossed surface is soaked in a spontaneum twice. It is necessary to walk several times to thoroughly paint all the gaps and gaps. After drying in the technique of decoupage tolerate a picture.
The result is almost the same, the difference is only in the sequence of steps to decorate the surface. You can decorate this way all that the soul wishes: plates, photo frames, pots, caskets, jars, mirrors, plastic and glass bottles.
Conclusion
Egg is an affordable material that is easy to handle. Despite the deceptive fragility, tightly "cemented" shell glue will retain its appearance for many years. Items decorated with this material can not only be made to decorate your own home, but also present their friends. Taking into account the increasing popularity on things performed in the style of Handmade, such an element will become a stylish gift. In addition, he will show how much the receiving party is the receiving party, since he has not been lazy and spent so much time and strength to create this craft with his own hands.
