Destiny: Playing with Wire

Hi Everyone!

I have tons of wire and I never use it. It just sits in box.  Do you have lonely unused supplies? I bet I'm not the only one. 

I don't use wire very often but I see so many mixed media creations using wire so I had to try it. I looked through Pinterest for ideas but then I was overwhelmed. I decided to just go for it by first choosing the colors. I chose black and gold. Here are all the supplies I used.

8x8 cradled wood panel

TCW Black Gesso

TCW Black Modeling Paste

TCW Heavy Body Acrylic Paint - Iridescent Gold

Dr.Ph.Martin's Ink - Iridescent Copper Plate Gold

TCW Stencil #661 - Many Textures

Seth Apter's Word Circles 1 Stamp & Die Set

Ultra Thick Gold Embossing Power 

Gold Wire

Beads

Gold Glass Beads

Beacon Power-Tac Industrial Grade Adhesive

I painted the wood panel with black gesso, let it dry, using my finger and a little water I added the heavy body acrylic paint. To add a little texture I scratched in some marks.

Using the black modeling paste I added the Many Textures stencil and let it dry. I made sure I added the stencil on top of the marks. I let the iridescent copper plate gold ink move down the panel with a little help of water.  I let it dry on it's own.

While it was drying I used the destiny stamp and gold embossed it on 100 lbs. black card stock. The hardest part was getting the wire to do what I wanted. It was auditioned in many different positions and shapes but in the end it stayed round.  I added lots of beads plus tiny glass beads to the piece.

I add the Destiny right in the middle of the wire design.

The little gold circles are the black card stock painted with the heavy body acrylic paint that I marked up.

Here is the finished piece. It's so hard to take pictures of metallics. You can see more of the iridescent gold in person.

My thoughts......

I like using the wire and beads.

I'm not a gold person but I'm loving the black and gold combination.

I really love mark making and don't do it often so that will definitely change.

I'm looking forward to using the wire again in a group of mixed media paintings.

Thanks so much for stopping by!