DIY Foil Mirror

Hello my dear reader,
Welcome to my post on DIY foil mirror.
This was an experiment that succeeded!!
You must have seen my previous foil work post Faux metal wall art
This one is on similar lines....Lets have a look at our center of attention here.....

DIY Foil Mirror

Let me show you the materials used:

• Heavy duty metal(aluminum) foil.
• Small round mirror.
• Round wooden/ MDF base.
• Wooden tool...I used scratch art tool.
• Acrylic color-black.
• Paintbrush.
• Heavy duty glue... I used Fevibond.
• Glue gun.
• Hook/frame hanger.
• Kitchen tissue (Bounty).
• Clear Varnish spray. 
• Lots of enthusiasm :)

Materials

Materials

Take the foil in an inch bigger in diameter than your base circle.

Keep it on the wooden base and mark the outlines.

Now place the mirror in the center and mark its outlines.

You get two circles, one inside the other.

Preparing the foil base

Now, make your design between these two circles by gently pressing with wooden tool.

Make sure your tool is really blunt, and keep a foam sheet under your work or it will not create the embossed effect.

I chose the simplest design as it was my first try.

Slowly and steadily I finished the embossing.

It looked like this...

Embossing method-Part 1

Embossing Method- Part 2

This is the embossed side with design completed...convex...

Completed design

This is the side with the work surface...concave...

Completed design

To maintain the shape of the embossed design, fill the concave/ scooped part with hot glue using a glue gun...

Hot glue

Hot glue

After the glue is dry, apply adhesive to the base and the foil...Then glue the foil with embossed side up...

Gluing to the wooden base

Smoothen out the sides of the embossing with a Q-tip/earbud to make the design pop out.

Smoothening

Then, press and glue the foil on the wood firmly.

When it is dry, turn it over and cover the embossing with black acrylic color..

Black acrylic color

When its dry, rub it gently with bounty or thin cotton cloth..

The black color comes off the embossing but stays in the grooves, giving the design a tarnished silver/ antique effect....

Antique effect

Now, spray it with 2 coats of clear varnish and let it dry for a few hours...

When its completely dry, glue the mirror on the base and the hook for hanging...

Glue mirror on base

Finished Foil Mirror

Hope you like this artwork...

This is copyrighted work, kindly give due credit if replicated...

Comment below to let me know you were here and thanks for visiting...

See you soon!!

Till then, happy crafting :)

DIY Faux Metal Wall Art- Recycle Craft

Faux Metal Wall Art

Hi and welcome to my post on Faux Metal Wall Art......

This Wall art has a complete metallic look but is actually made from recycled cardboard, foil 

and paper grocery bag !!!!

I had saved a nice stiff cardboard used for a curtain packaging......

Using the cardboard as a base, I started this piece......

I stuck two pieces of corrugated cardboard ( again, recycled) on the base....

To add some more texture I used some leftover knick-knacks from an old project on the sides......

Then I stuck crumpled foil all over the piece using PVA glue......

After smoothing with a Q-tip I got my finished base.......

Then came the butterfly project :)

I made three butterflies of varying size out of a grocery bag , using PVA glue and burning technique.....

The butterfly is shown below......

Metallic Butterfly

After brushing the butterfly with golden powder, it looked like this.....

 Metallic Gold Butterfly

Then I painted the edges of the butterfly with metallic blue to give it some contrast.....

Lastly, I attached floral wire antennae to it.....

I repeated the same procedure for other two butterflies as well... 

After all the butterflies were done, I glued them to the base in descending order of their size.....

Faux Metal Butterfly

Finally I added a braided golden string to it for hanging.....

Thus, my recycled "Faux Metal" Wall Art was ready.......

This is how it looks on the wall......

I sold this artwork at a craft show recently :)

Faux Metal Wall Art

You can leave a comment below to let me know if you liked it  :)