Handmade gifts with Powertex and glass When you’re hand-making gifts with Powertex there’s lots of inspiration. Altered bottles, decorated wine glasses and fairy houses are high up on the list of gift ideas. All these use a glass base to create something unique. If you’d like to try using Powertex Read more…
Hand making Christmas decorations is popular for a reason. We not only get to make things but also have a use for our creations, bring them out year after year and pass them onto family. I created a Powertex Christmas wreath for the Powertex UK design team using the Winter Read more…
This piece was originally created for the Powertex UK Design Team and was featured on the Hochanda shows for September. I’m sharing it as an example of how to create a textured background for a strong focal piece, like the clay cow skull in this mixed media art. Materials used Read more…
Mixed media Halloween art This project was made for the Powertex UK Design Team using the Secret Art Box. The October 2019 subscription box was packed full of spooky embellishments, mdf shapes and plaster pieces, fabric and Powercotton, and a stencil as well as Black Powertex Universal Medium, pigments and Read more…
Do you ever make time for creating and then find yourself overwhelmed with Powertex possibilities? Download your free guide to Getting Unstuck – Project Ideas! Stuck for ideas, use the button below to download your free guide to getting unstuck with Powertex digital download pdf. Sometimes I procrastinate, sort my supplies, Read more…
Autumn will soon be here and I love the change of the seasons. This project was originally created for the Powertex UK design team and was published in the online magazine back in 2018. I dusted off my wreath to display for autumn and thought I’d share it here. Bronze Read more…
My home city is covered in rainbows this weekend as we celebrate our biggest annual event. I’m feeling colourful so I’m sharing how I made my Powertex rainbow fairy houses, in fact I created a whole village of multicoloured mini homes for the garden.
In July I got my hands on my first Powertex UK Secret Art Box. I was asked to create a project using the box for my Design Team blog. Firstly, I was really surprised how much was packed into the box. (more…)
If you’ve been following my series of articles on using Powertex Bister in mixed media art, you might be ready to see some in action. This Powertex Bister planets painting was created for the Powertex UK design team and was published in the online magazine in June. It’s a fun example of how Bister sprays can be used to create interesting effects on a canvas. (more…)
