Playing in the clay and paints today

[Mandolinrain]

Just thought I would share this. Its a very old lamp that I repurposed once before from a dark gray dress to a blue dress. Well at the new house, I just didn't have an area for her, but I loved this lamp, so I used this stuff called Durhams Rock Hard Putty and gave her long hair and a bottle. Then I painted her up and gave her and the bottle some jewels.  I think she will look great don in the bar area at the new house thats all very rustic ...and I have a few old vintage western whiskey bottles I will display around her. Im kind proud of this one, lol, she was fun to do! Now we shall see if the Putty stuff holds up or if she melts, hahahahaha....right now she's as hard as rock! I need to glaze the base yet.

Before and After Pics

[Jennifer-Quit]

WOW - I am impressed!  You are a very talented lady!  How tall is she?

[Mandolinrain]

lol well from the bottom of the lamp to the top of her head she's about 27.5inches

[mjlibbie]

That's incredible! Looks like an entirely different piece. Re-purposing is the BEST! Great job!

[Mandolinrain]

I just LOVE re-purposing things. I love 'junking for gold', lol, garage sales, flee markets....I would be in heaven to be a picker like that show 'American Pickers', What a blast that would be! 

[YoungAtHeart]

She's great!  So neat you were able to re-imagine her for your new place!

Nancy

[elvan]

She is beautiful, what a talented lady you are!  I am seriously impressed.  I LOVE this idea.

[Mandolinrain]

thanks everyone! I love taking on something and changing it up. So fun. Have had many flops though....still waiting to see if her hair and the bottle stays in place, It does seem to be quite hard....so far,lol

[kristen-9-7-15]

Looks awesome! Very talented!

[MarilynH]

Wow, you do beautiful work, that's totally awesome and I hope she stays hardened up and her hair and bottle stay in place!