THIS WEEK I WAS ASKED TO DECORATE A TABLE FOR 'THE JACKALOPE ',A NEW BAR OPENING IN CHORLTON. I TOOK THE TASK LITERALLY AND CAME UP WITH THIS:
I'VE NEVER DECORATED FURNITURE BEFORE, BUT IT WAS FUN! I CAME UP WITH THE IMAGE QUITE QUICKLY - IT'S JUST A COMPOSITE DRAWING I DID OF A JACK RABBIT SPLICED WITH AN ANTELOPE TO CREATE MY OWN VERSION OF THE MYTHICAL BEAST, FRAMED BY MY SIGNATURE WINTER TREES WITH A SNEAKY NOD TO PAGANISM THROWN IN. ALHOUGH I'M NOT A FOLLOWER I LOVE THE SYMBOLISM AND IMAGERY OF PAGAN AND OCCULT-THEMED POP CULTURE. THE BELOW PHOTOS SHOW THE TABLE BEFORE AND THE PROCESS I WENT THROUGH TO CREATE IT:
FIRST OF ALL, OH MY GOD, IT WASN'T EVEN WOOD! JUST SOME MDF TOP WITH A WEIRD VINYL COVERING! I SANDED IT DOWN ANYWAY (SOMETIMES YOU TOTALLY CAN POLISH A TURD) JUST TO GIVE THE PRIMER SOMETHING TO STICK TO.
AFTER PRIMING I STARTED LAYERING UP A THIN WASH MIXTURE OF BURNT SIENNA AND YELLOW OCHRE GOUACHE TO CREATE A PARCHMENT-COLOURED BASE TO WORK ON, I SORT OF WANTED IT TO LOOK LIKE A PAGE FROM AN OLD BOOK.
LINE WORK MAPPED OUT
FINAL IMAGE. I'M GOING TO DO A COUPLE OF COATS OF PROTECTIVE MAHOGANY WOOD VARNISH OVER THE TOP SO THE FINAL OUTCOME WILL BE SLIGHLTY DARKER. SEE IT IN THE FLESH AT THE GRAND OPENING OF THE JACKALOPE IN CHORLTON THIS FRIDAY! :
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