Friday, March 21, 2014

The Fairy Spider and her SpiderWeb Door

A work in Progress

I had a small wood circle and thought it might lend a touch of whimsy to a Fairy's Door so I went about creating a little Fairy/Hobbit Door. The shape of it reminds me more of a Hobbit's door to their home but being such a tiny door I thought it was meant more for a Fairy, actually a Fairy Spider would suit it best : )


Materials Used

Wood Circle

E 6ooo Glue

French Vintage Glass Button

Art Deco ? Earrings

Upholstery Tack

Inks

Silver Leaf

Wood Burning Tool

Sorry but when I wrote this post it was early morning and I was half asleep so I forgot to say that the spider web , spider and flowers were first sketched in followed by wood burning and then the silver leaf was applied.


I started with a light sketch of the web and Fairy Spider and then applied the silver leaf to the Fairy Spider and her web. I then went over the web threads with a metal tool to give a thinner touch to the Spider Fairy's web threads. The silver leaf is wonderful in mimicking the glittery gossamer silken threads created by the Fairy Spider. After that was done, I worked in the colours with inks. I also thought it be great to have the Spider Fairy know at all times who comes knocking at her door by enclosing a Peep Hole at her door.So I drilled a hold in the centre of the wood circle and added the glass button, when the Fairy Spider Door is placed in front of a light source a light shines through…..magical. 




I will now need to attach the Fairy Spider Door to the burled wood base 











and then I think I will add this Spider Fairy Door to my Etsy shop, I just can't keep holding on to everything : )

So until next time signing off and don't forget to visit everyone at PPF!

Annabelle ~m..m~

8 comments:

Faye said...

What an original and creative piece! I love the shiny web. The whole idea is wonderful.

Erika said...
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Erika said...

Dear Annabelle,
you wood art is just amazing. Also your enchanted magic
blue paintings!
Thank you for your visit and your kind words. Such make me happy :)
Greetings from Erika - Das blaue Haus

Leovi said...

A real beauty! This composition is a great work of art!

denthe said...

You have such a great imagination. I love the idea of a fairy spider, and giving her a peephole is genius. Thanks for explaining your process!

minnemie said...

very creative! love all you brought to this piece.

Jenn Jilks said...

This is magical!
(ツ) from Cottage Country Ontario , ON, Canada!

JKW said...

I love the spider web. . .I take pictures of them. We have 'crab' spiders that make webs from one end of our world to another 2-car lengths across.. . .they get going and don't stop. Thanks for telling me the way you created it. Blessings, Janet PPF

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