Tactile art project: Mexican tin art
Jul. 20th, 2012 07:21 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kestrellThe Art of Darkness blog has a link to this tutorial for a Mexican Dia de Los Muertos tin nicho or altar
http://craftingforcheapskates.blogspot.com/2012/07/tin-altar.html#!/2012/07/tin-altar.html
using disposable aluminum baking pans. I've investigated kits for making similar tin panels, and they are extremely expensive, so this idea is economically as well as artistically accessible, although I would opt for something less dangerous than Xacto knives and hot glue guns. Also, if you use some sort of black wash over the tin, you can get a nice antiqued effect, which makes it a great medium for creating spooky Halloween effects (think gnarled old oak tree, serpentine monsters, haunted house, etc.).
http://craftingforcheapskates.blogspot.com/2012/07/tin-altar.html#!/2012/07/tin-altar.html
using disposable aluminum baking pans. I've investigated kits for making similar tin panels, and they are extremely expensive, so this idea is economically as well as artistically accessible, although I would opt for something less dangerous than Xacto knives and hot glue guns. Also, if you use some sort of black wash over the tin, you can get a nice antiqued effect, which makes it a great medium for creating spooky Halloween effects (think gnarled old oak tree, serpentine monsters, haunted house, etc.).
