Copy cat

I have been making some bottles of hope recently and my plan is to make quite a few of them before the end of summer. My inspiration started to grow thin and I wanted to try something different: but what? I visited Parole de pâte as I do quite often and lo and behold, there was a très kool technique begging to be tried by moi. I went to Cecilia's blog where she generously shares her technique and I copied. She covered a paint brush and made it a treasure to keep. I applied the technique to bottles of hope; they are quite colourful and happy looking. I didn't have the grouting compound (cement) she used so I tried to do the grouting with Sculpey: it is a softer clay and can be used for small surfaces (as in micromosaics).

J'ai décidé de couvrir des bouteilles de l'espoir cet été, je veux en faire plusieurs. Mon inspiration est partie en vacances (je comprends, il fait froid ici!!) J'ai vu, sur Parole de pâte, la technique de Cécilia; voilà exactement ce qu'il me fallait. Le pinceau est magnifique. J'ai suivi les instructions; ça donne de belles bouteilles colorées. Je n'avais pas le ciment qu'elle recommande donc j'ai utilisé du Sculpey pour remplir les joints. Le remplissage des joints a pris plus de temps que tout le reste et les mains n'étaient pas trop contentes. Mon amie Krista Wells propose d'utiliser du coulis à carreaux prémélangé au silicone dans son livre "Polymer Clay Mosaics". C'est probablement la même chose que propose Cécilia.



However, I found the grouting was more time-consuming than everything else and was hard on the hands. So I went out and bought some premixed siliconized tile grout as recommended by Krista Wells in her excellent book Polymer Clay Mosaics .
I made a larger surface with the technique to cover more bottles but somehow, I didn't want to cut it up. I was given a box at Morrisburg (thank you Barbara B) and it was exactly the same size as the surface I prepared. My box is looking pretty good and I am going to use it for pens and pencils. I just finished it and I am going to take a picture right now.....

J'ai fait une plus grande surface pour couvrir plus de bouteilles mais je ne voulais pas la découper; pis, j'avais la bonne boite tout juste à côté de moi. Ce qui fait que j'ai bifurqué et couvert ma boite. Je vais prendre la photo à l'instant...

Voilà!!

Now back to the bottles.
OK maintenant, je retourne aux bouteilles!
Merci Cecilia!