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Japanese Plate by Dianne Murphy
In this case, the item came first because I saw a very interesting glass plate with legs, in a shop, that just happened to be 50% off. So I bought it not really knowing what I would use it for.
Then, I had an advertisement from an American mag. (AD) that I cut out some time ago, and thought it might go well on the plate. The page was colour copied at 110% so it would fit the space. After cutting it out in one piece I pasted it on using Aquadhere. And cleaned up the glass very carefully. It was quite difficult to paste on as the plate was in a concave shape, so I cut a few notches and pleated it a little. The background colour I mixed iridescent white & Cad.yellow medium in a 3/1 ratio, also over painted the bottom in the yellow so it gave a graded look. Gesso was applied after this and then titanium white and phalo green ( 4/1). I then varnished it with 15 coats of Aqualaq (sic).
After this I framed the "picture" with strips of gold paper leaving a clear glass border between the picture and the frosted outside border. Lastly the corners were covered with 4 silver squares to complement the silver legs.
Rackham Fairies Plate by Irmgard Ditchburn
Rackham Fairies Plate by Irmgard Ditchburn
The image was cut out and glued on to the centre of the back of the plate. Over the remaining area I applied two coats of gold leaf (Dutch gold), which were then sealed with two coats of white shellac. I sponged on several layers of white gesso - sanding in between - until the back was totally smooth and then brushed on one coat of sealer. To finish off I painted the back of the plate with several coats of Red Earth and when they had dried covered them with several coats of oil-based satin varnish.
Medieval Plate by Irmgard Ditchburn
Medieval Plate by Irmgard Ditchburn
For this plate I did not cut out indiviudal images but covered the central portion of the plate with one piece of my chosen paper. I followed the same process as with the round gold-border plate, but painted the back blue instead of terracotta (Red Earth).
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