Sunday 10 June 2012

Heart in a box

Right, so after a slow week crafting I have just about managed to get my piece done for the Haunted Design House weekly challenge, this week it was 'Truebie or not Trubie' Its in preparation for the season  prem of True Blood, we have to create something that embraces the spirit of vampires.
 I thought I would share this, a genuine Vampire heart it has been passed down through the family for generations.My great,great Grandad was a Vampire hunter and this was in an old chest that I found in the atic. 

The pictures are not that great as there is a glass window which is reflecting the light. To make this i painted a wooden heart and then added crocco crackle glaze, this was then dry brushed when it had dried, there is a stamped up back ground coloured with Tim Holtz distress ink. the wooden Shadow box/frame thing was done in another technique I learnt in the Andy Skinner workshop, It gives you a real 3d look for the peeled paint. the frame has then had a few Tim Holtz embelishments to finish it off.

I will also enter this into Simon Says Stamp and Show where the challenge is 'show some texture'


25 comments:

  1. Lordy..how cool the texture of the heart works together with frame. A closer look at the heart is really a bit creepy (:o)

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  2. Wow! Love it! I especially love the "story!"

    Carol (Carol's Creations)
    4evercarolscreations.blogspot.com

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  3. WOW This is FAB Mark! Love the textures and that heart really does look like it has been drained of blood :)
    Thanks for sharing with us at Smudgy Antics this week :)

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  4. This is an awesome piece! I love all the texture!!! Your crackled heart that is showcased in your shadow box is just really really striking! I love the white washed, weathered and crackled appearance of your shadow box. Love the curio knob handle! Love the colored plaquette at the top! Love the drawer label at the bottom! You've done an amazing job with the Ideaology pieces to incorporated them into such a cool piece! Thanks for sharing your art with us at Simon Says Stamp and Show. <3 Candy

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  5. Great piece Mark; nice to see you "telling tales" ..
    makes it fun. Love the peeled paint and the way it compliments the heart.

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    1. The story angle was completly ripped off ur hmph inspired by your exploration box. It actually really helps bring a piece together sometimes. thanks for that.

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  6. This is amazing! Wow the texture is so fab, looks like the workshop was a great one,wow! Fab piece hugs trace x

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  7. ...I don't quite know where to begin, this is a masterpiece & you must be thrilled how it's turned out, you've got Andy's weathered paint perfect I loVe it! & as for the heart the deep cracks of dehydration & life force leaving are powerful but be careful one tiny drop of blood is all it would take to bring its owner back!...AWESOME work, a super spooky tale what will you do for Halloween???...Mel :)

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  8. Mark, this heart is truly spectacular. Love all that olde texture with the peeled paint. That heart really does look like it has been preserved. Thank you for sharing at MM @ HDH this week x

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  9. Absolutely immense you certainly know your stuff. These techniques are fantastic. Really love the idea behind it too. Thanks for playing along with Haunted Design House again this week. x

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  10. Fantastic Mark and I love the heart and your weathered wood!

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  11. Brilliant! Your story is SO believable!!! Your creation is fantastic!

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  12. This is a truly inspired piece of work Mark, the colours and textures are amazing. As for your story, well I thought 'no that can't be true' ....LOL, very funny. I have to admit to liking a bit of macabre ... and it certainly is that! Wonderful work.

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  13. Excellent and I love the weathered wood-it looks SO old.
    Kyla

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  14. love the combination of the story and the heart!

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  15. It is fantastic Mark, brilliant!

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  16. Spot on Mark...totally perfect! Thanks for joining us at HDH..... come and give the smeared and smudged for a look sometime.... your style would fit so well....and all the crazy lasses would love you and your art! :) BDx

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  17. As I said Mark am lovin this Heart........:)

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  18. Vampire number 17? Well, it seems to me that your great great grandfather was a very successfull vampire hunter.
    Your piece is amazing! It looks like the story you told was true - except for one thing: I would have used a heavy lock and not a doorknob. Like Mel - the yorkshire fox - said, the heart seems to be lifeless but it looks like that only one drop of blood would be able to revive/reanimate it. So if I had have been your great great grandfather, I would have made sure that the heart is secure and nobody is able to open the chest ...
    Well, you see, I'm one of these people who love to find strange mistakes in films.

    On the other hand, the doorknob give me a different picture: Several of these chests hanging on the wall of the trophy room. A housemaid is opening them one after the other to dust the remainings of your great great grandfathers prey...

    Well, I've babbled enough. I find your shadow box amazing, awesome, fabulous, brilliant ... well, I'm still learning positive English adjectives...

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    1. thank you, and thanks everyone for your comments.
      the pad lock is a fantastic idea, I was going for trophy room but under lock and key would have been better. thanks so much for the input, its much appreciated. mark

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  19. Wow, that's absolutely gorgeous. Fantastic ideas made into a great project.
    I love the story - but I'm also highly interested in the process that prevents the vampire heart from turning into dust :-)
    I fear that'd be another skeleton in your family's closet, though *g*
    Vampires must have been very careless at that time.
    Your blog looks great.

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  20. Beautiful! I know Barb (Haunted House Designs) personally and she is also amazing in her Halloween projects!

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  21. Where was I lately? I don't know how I missed this awesome creation Mark! You have so much talent!!!!!!

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