Sunday 22 November 2015

That Craft Place - MDF Door Hanger (The Walking Dead inspired)

Good morning!  It is time for a new challenge over at the
That Craft Place challenge blog

This fortnight the theme is

MIXED MEDIA ANYTHING GOES

I would like to share with you a door hanger inspired by season 1 of my favourite TV show The Walking Dead (more about the thought process for this piece further down!).
 

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I used the following materials:
   
THAT CRAFT PLACE MDF / GREYBOARD
MDF Door Hanger
Greyboard brick wall
Greyboard Cog
Greyboard Padlock
Greyboard Hinge
MDF Label

MEDIUMS USED
Gesso (black & white)
DecoArt Fluid Acrylics (Paynes Grey & Quinacridone Gold)
DecoArt Crafters Acrylic (Black & Navy)
Pinflair Buff-It (Slate)
DecoArt Ultra-Matte Varnish
Archival Ink (Jet Black)
Distress Ink (Pumice Stone, Peeled Paint & Gathered Twigs)
DecoArt Dazzling Metallics (Silver)

OTHER PRODUCTS USED
Air Dry Clay
Plain cardstock
Patterned paper
Small piece of Greyboard offcut

All products above available from That Craft Place.

ANYTHING ELSE
Posca Paint Marker (White)
Derwent Academy Colour Pencil (Black)
Jump ring jewellery findings
Tissue paper
Cheap coarse glitter (any color!)
Tim Holtz Graph stamp
    
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Summary Process:

Tissue paper glued to the MDF Door hanger, leaving wrinkles for texture.

MDF and greyboard items prepped with black Gesso.

MDF DOOR HANGER

Colour and overall "rust" effect applied using an adaptation of the DecoArt rust technique by Andy Skinner:
 
 
Raised areas highlighted with Pinflair Buff-It in Slate.
   
Stamped with black paint using Tim Holtz Graph stamp.

2 coats of DecoArt Ultra-Matte Varnish applied to the hanger.

Rubbed black Archival Ink over edges and some raised areas.
 
GREYBOARD BRICK WALL

Painted with a light coat of white Gesso.

Mixed lots of coarse glitter in with more white Gesso before applying with a stippling motion. (The glitter colour is unimportant as it is added for texture only and the colour will be painted over.  You could also add coarse sand or use a ready made coarse medium of some sort!).

Painted with a genepaper
but not too thick coat of DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics in Quinacridone Gold.

Inked the edges and raised bumps randomly with Archival Ink in Jet Black.
      
"DON'T OPEN DEAD INSIDE" DOORS

Door panels cut from cardstock and strained with Distress Ink using the Tim Holtz "Wrinkle free distress technique".

Metal kickplates are cardstock painted with Paynes Grey fluid Acrylic Paint and white Gesso.

Door handles cut by hand from cardstock and painted with Dazzling Metallics in Silver.

All the parts were distressed with Archival Ink in Jet Black before assembling together!

The wooden blank through the door handles is a piece of Greyboard coloured and aged with Gathered Twigs Distress Ink.

OTHER EMBELLISHMENTS
  
Zombie hand made from air dry clay and painted with self mixed grey acrylic paint. I added a little "blood" to the fingers (DecoArt Media Fluid Acrylics in Quinacridone Gold). 

Cog and padlock painted with black Gesso, dry brushed with white Gesso, then over painted with the Quinacridone Gold paint.

Cafeteria label and hinge painted with DecoArt Crafters Acrylic in Navy, then distressed lightly with Jet Black Archival Ink.
   
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Here are some more photos:





 
   
     
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For those wondering, this piece is inspired by the Cafeteria door at the hospital where the shows protagonist, Rick Grimes, awakes from a coma, finding himself in the midst of a zombie apocalypse (The Walking Dead, Season 1, Episode 1).

You can see the doors in question about 3 minutes 30 seconds into this video...

 
Thank you as always for popping by, I hope you enjoyed looking at this creation as well as reading the thought process behind it.

Myself and the other That Craft Place DT very much look forward to seeing your creations!
     
xxSAMxx
   
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6 comments:

  1. This will make a lot of fans happy! It is so well planned and looks awesome! Thanks for sharing with us at Rhedd's Creative Challenge this month! Nanette, DT

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  2. Hi Sam, great fun piece. Happy crafting from your team mate, Angela x

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  3. That's so crative! I haven't seen a door hanger like this!Thank you so much for sharing this with us at Rhedd's Creative Spirit this month. Good luck, Rupa(DT).

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  4. Awesome make Sam and love the zombie apocalypse theme

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  5. Now that's a Do Not Disturb sign if ever I saw one! Absolutely brilliant! Thank you for joining us at Altered Eclectics.

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xxSAMxx