Friday, May 22, 2015

Friday Egg: So Below

©Katy David, Friday Egg: So Below, Goose Egg Pysanky with 23K Gilding

Does this one look familiar? I posted an egg a couple of months ago called "Patchwork" that was finished but I wasn't thrilled with it. So I went back to it and painted over the black areas with 23K shell gold. I really like it now. It really feels finished now.

I hope you like it. Happy Friday!

©Katy David, Friday Egg: So Below, Goose Egg Pysanky with 23K Gilding

©Katy David, Friday Egg: So Below, Goose Egg Pysanky with 23K Gilding

©Katy David, Friday Egg: So Below, Goose Egg Pysanky with 23K Gilding

©Katy David, Friday Egg: So Below, Goose Egg Pysanky with 23K Gilding

©Katy David, Friday Egg: So Below, Goose Egg Pysanky with 23K Gilding

©Katy David, Friday Egg: So Below, Goose Egg Pysanky with 23K Gilding

©Katy David, Friday Egg: So Below, Goose Egg Pysanky with 23K Gilding

©Katy David, Friday Egg: So Below, Goose Egg Pysanky with 23K Gilding

Friday, May 15, 2015

Friday Egg: Second Hand Rainbows



©Katy David, Friday Egg: Second Hand Rainbows, Goose Egg Pysanky and 23K Gold

Thinking of an old toy from the Seventies, bright rainbow colors with painted on fake gold worn away in places from use and love. Visible history; the echo of hands, bumps, pockets and the forgotten back of dark drawers and cardboard boxes.

I started with a white egg, waxed all the now gold outlines, then went through the rainbow colors, ending with purple. I wiped the egg down with Goo Gone to remove any wax residue so that the water-based 23K shell gold would stick to the shell. I painted on the shell gold with gelatin water to make it stick and burnished it with an agate to make the gold shine. I over-burnished in some places, flaking the gold off and making it look worn. I was also less than meticulous in my outlining, just as a tired factory worker on their 800th toy would be, just getting the gold on and not really caring if it got outside the lines. 

Happy Friday!

©Katy David, Friday Egg: Second Hand Rainbows, Goose Egg Pysanky and 23K Gold

©Katy David, Friday Egg: Second Hand Rainbows, Goose Egg Pysanky and 23K Gold

©Katy David, Friday Egg: Second Hand Rainbows, Goose Egg Pysanky and 23K Gold

©Katy David, Friday Egg: Second Hand Rainbows, Goose Egg Pysanky and 23K Gold

©Katy David, Friday Egg: Second Hand Rainbows, Goose Egg Pysanky and 23K Gold

©Katy David, Friday Egg: Second Hand Rainbows, Goose Egg Pysanky and 23K Gold