Under Glass
Follow these steps to découpage under a glass plate. You can use the same
process for the inside of a vase or a glass.
Materials: glass
plate, cut out picture, Liquitex Gloss Medium &
Varnish, PVA glue, sponges, water, gold/silver leaf, gold
size, cotton gloves, cotton bob.
Seal both
sides of your picture at least twice with
Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish LGM&V)
Place the
picture down, face up, on a towel. Place the
plate over it and move the plate until you are
satisfied with the position of the picture.
Use a
grease pencil to trace the outline of the picture
on the top surface of the plate
Put the
pictures aside and turn the plate over to the
back side.
Spread PVA
glue on the plate where the picture will be.
Position
the picture face down on the PVA glue
Looking
from the right side, position the picture under
the traced outline in the correct position.
Put some
more PVA on the back side of the picture and
gently massage with your fingers from the centre
outward to remove any air bubbles.
Wipe up
the excess glue with a damp sponge.
Make sure
you leave glue under the picture so it will
stick.
Work on
the air bubbles to push them over to the edges of
the picture.
You will
need to work on your picture for quite some time
as new bubbles appear.
When you
think you've got them all, and you can feel the picture "grabbing" to the plate,stop touching the
picture and rest the place face down on the
towel.
Before the
glue hardens use a damp sponge to wipe off the
excess glue, being careful not to dislodge the
picture.
Let dry overnight.
The next
day check for air bubbles and edges that are not
stuck down properly. Attend to these and let dry.
BACKGROUND 1 PAINT
Now you
are ready to start the background. If you are
going to paint a background, do it now. Sponge on
a mixture of colours that are complimentary to
your picture.
When the
background is dry, mix some gesso and paint and
apply this to the back of the plate. The
objective is to get a smooth finish on the back
of the plate.
Lightly
sand the gesso/paint when it is dry.
Apply
another coat and sand again. Keep doing this
until you are satisfied that the back is very
smooth.
Seal with
LGM&V
Apply two
coats of your favourite varnish.
BACKGROUND 2 METAL LEAF
If you are
going to use metal leaf, apply a coat of
Langridge's Gold Size over the whole of the back
of the plate, over the edges of the picture and the glass.
Let it get
tacky. Test with your knuckle.
Put on
your cotton gloves
Lay the
metal leaf (whether gold or silver) down over the
size, overlapping the sheets slightly.
Press down
firmly on the leaf with your bob.
Leave the
leaf to settle.
Use a soft
brush to brush off the excess pieces of leaf (skewings) and
save these in a screw-top jar
Hold the plate up by the edges and view it
from the front and see if there are any
bits of light showing through the leaf.
If so,
apply a bit more size and a piece of leaf to
cover.
Continue
to do this until you have all the holes covered
with leaf.
Let stand
overnight.
Seal with
white shellac.
Seal with
LGM&V.
Proceed
with the gesso/paint method described above.
BACKGROUND 3 OXIDISED LEAF
Follow the process described above until you have the gold or silver leaf applied..
Now sprinkle salt all over the back of your plate over the metal leaf. This can be ordinary table salt.
Scrunch up some tissues and soak them with vinegar.
Place them on top of the metal leaf close together.
Be sure to use lots of salt and lost of vinegar.
Leave them for several hours and then check by lifting one off the plate..
You are looking for holes that have been eaten into the metal leaf by the salt/vinegar process..
When you are satisfied that the holes are large enough and you like the look, take the tissues off.
Brush off the salt.
Seal with shellac or LGM & V.
Now sponge some transparent paint on to the plate. (Check the paint tube to see if it is opaque or transparent.
Allow to dry.
Finish with paint and gesso as described above.
Seal with shellac or LGM & V.
You've read the process, now look at some photos of under glass découpage by Australians. Click on a thumbnail to view a larger photograph with a description by the creator of how they did it.
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Follow these steps to découpage under a glass plate. You can use the same process for the inside of a vase or a glass.
Materials: glass plate, cut out picture, Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish, PVA glue, sponges, water, gold/silver leaf, gold size, cotton gloves, cotton bob.
Seal both sides of your picture at least twice with Liquitex Gloss Medium & Varnish LGM&V)
Place the picture down, face up, on a towel. Place the plate over it and move the plate until you are satisfied with the position of the picture.
Use a grease pencil to trace the outline of the picture on the top surface of the plate
Put the pictures aside and turn the plate over to the back side.
Spread PVA glue on the plate where the picture will be.
Position the picture face down on the PVA glue
Looking from the right side, position the picture under the traced outline in the correct position.
Put some more PVA on the back side of the picture and gently massage with your fingers from the centre outward to remove any air bubbles.
Wipe up the excess glue with a damp sponge.
Make sure you leave glue under the picture so it will stick.
Work on the air bubbles to push them over to the edges of the picture.
You will need to work on your picture for quite some time as new bubbles appear.
When you think you've got them all, and you can feel the picture "grabbing" to the plate,stop touching the picture and rest the place face down on the towel.
Before the glue hardens use a damp sponge to wipe off the excess glue, being careful not to dislodge the picture.
Let dry overnight.
The next day check for air bubbles and edges that are not stuck down properly. Attend to these and let dry.
BACKGROUND 1 PAINT
Now you are ready to start the background. If you are going to paint a background, do it now. Sponge on a mixture of colours that are complimentary to your picture.
When the background is dry, mix some gesso and paint and apply this to the back of the plate. The objective is to get a smooth finish on the back of the plate.
Lightly sand the gesso/paint when it is dry.
Apply another coat and sand again. Keep doing this until you are satisfied that the back is very smooth.
Seal with LGM&V
Apply two coats of your favourite varnish.
BACKGROUND 2 METAL LEAF
If you are going to use metal leaf, apply a coat of Langridge's Gold Size over the whole of the back of the plate, over the edges of the picture and the glass.
Let it get tacky. Test with your knuckle.
Put on your cotton gloves
Lay the metal leaf (whether gold or silver) down over the size, overlapping the sheets slightly.
Press down firmly on the leaf with your bob.
Leave the leaf to settle.
Use a soft brush to brush off the excess pieces of leaf (skewings) and save these in a screw-top jar
Hold the plate up by the edges and view it from the front and see if there are any bits of light showing through the leaf.
If so, apply a bit more size and a piece of leaf to cover.
Continue to do this until you have all the holes covered with leaf.
Let stand overnight.
Seal with white shellac.
Seal with LGM&V.
Proceed with the gesso/paint method described above.
BACKGROUND 3 OXIDISED LEAF
Follow the process described above until you have the gold or silver leaf applied..
Now sprinkle salt all over the back of your plate over the metal leaf. This can be ordinary table salt.
Scrunch up some tissues and soak them with vinegar.
Place them on top of the metal leaf close together.
Be sure to use lots of salt and lost of vinegar.
Leave them for several hours and then check by lifting one off the plate..
You are looking for holes that have been eaten into the metal leaf by the salt/vinegar process..
When you are satisfied that the holes are large enough and you like the look, take the tissues off.
Brush off the salt.
Seal with shellac or LGM & V.
Now sponge some transparent paint on to the plate. (Check the paint tube to see if it is opaque or transparent.
Allow to dry.
Finish with paint and gesso as described above.
Seal with shellac or LGM & V.
You've read the process, now look at some photos of under glass découpage by Australians. Click on a thumbnail to view a larger photograph with a description by the creator of how they did it.
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