more coasters

my sister in law came from singapore last week and fell in love with my vintage coasters... so before she left, i made her a set of 6 vintage coasters. this time i made these on square base. i used reprints from an old garden encyclopedia (you can see some scientific flower names in the background) , more vintage images of beautiful ladies and aged them with a bit of paint patina. then i finished them off with 2 coats of glass glaze spray which i just got from the store.


here's another set of coasters which i made for a very good friend who has this crazy obsession with the character betty boop. these coasters i made with plain white kitchen tiles. this time i wanted to make something a little more over-the-top, so i decided on zebra prints for background (which i featured a couple of post back). unfortunately the canvas i initially painted the zebra prints on were not large enough to make 6 coasters. so i painted another.

this is just free hand painting on a piece of canvas using black acrylic paint.

here's the canvas cut up into 6 pieces... with a little left over

the next step is glueing the zebra print pieces on the tiles and then betty boo reprints on top. jason thought they were too plain so i added some embelishments.

(disclaimer : i do not claim the right to the images of betty boop. this is just a one-off christmas gift i made for a very good friend. these coasters are not being sold for profit)

this is how they look after completion

i edged the images with red acrylic paint + a thin black line using a felt tip pen

i also painted the sides of the tiles red for impact

and here is a particular one which i think will tickle her to bits (i've censored it here... but i'm sure you can imagine it uncensored :)))) )

i hope you enjoyed that!
these were also sealed with glass glaze to give it a shiny finish.

happy pimping! :)