Thursday, December 16, 2010

String Art Ornaments

I had some giant glass ornaments and acrylic paint at home so I did the most logical thing I could think of at 9pm last night and got to jazzing them up.
I cut some string and heavily painted the ends with whichever color and dropped the painted end in the ornament. Then I shook it up a bunch of times (with my thumb over the opening) and came out with the picture above. Repeat until you're happy with the result.
I also got a little impatient with the string art and started oozing paint in and hitting the sides of the ornament so paint would slide around. In the ornament on the left I poured a little water in and shook it up a bit.
Bowling balls, right?
I dropped each one opening side down into a plastic cup so the extra paint would drip out.
And there you have it.

4 comments:

Good Old Wise Eyes said...

Katie these are beautiful!!!

mk. said...

very cool! and simple!

Maureen said...

oh my god! those marbled ones! they're to die for! you should sell those at a holiday craft fair! amazing, im so impressed!

mamma mags said...

looks awesome! wish i saw this before christmas though :) will have to remember for next year. very cool!