Showing posts with label bathing machine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bathing machine. Show all posts

Monday, August 22, 2022

The bathing machine

Hello everyone 

It's Karolina here. I am sharing with you my new inspiration.

The bathing machine;what an awesome product!


The first step was to assemble all parts to make the bathing machine. To do it, I use glue.

You can see this step in my video. 

Unfortunately, the camera stopped recording after the first step. 

But for newbies, this short video could help.


When the glue dried, I covered everything using black gesso. 

The next step is to cut out all parts from paper to decorate the bathing machine outside and inside.

Using two square cutting dies, I made windows and added some lace.

I added some texture paste to make a more realistic roof then I splashed some Glimmer mists.

I cut out some graphic elements and decorated the bathing machine. 

To decorate the back of the bathing machine, I used some shells and glued them using a heavy body gel.

In the end, I added some colourful and shiny little stones and used gold wax on the edges and the steps.







GSL product:
Bathing Machine

Other products:
"Dreams at the beach" Paper collection
Glue
White paste
Black Gesso
Wax
Colourful stones
shells
Lace
Glimmer mists

I hope you like my inspiration, and I cannot wait to see your inspiration for this project. Please share it on the GYPSY SOUL LASER CUTS Facebook group.

Thank you for stopping by!
Karola

Sunday, April 29, 2018

Darkly Delightful Bathing Machine for Grim Days at the Beach

The April showers might bring May flowers but right now they are making my landscape rather grim. Don't get me wrong, I am a fan of grim things and rainy days. Rather than fight against the current weather conditions, I'm going to embrace them and make something darkly delightful.


This little "Bathing Machine" is based on the 18th and 19th century change rooms wheeled into the sea by by-gone beachgoers. But what if the Adams' ancestors went to the beach? Or the Munsters? OR MARY SHELLEY OR EGAR ALLAN POE OR... well, you get the point. I'm sure they'd all visit the seaside on rainy days. I'd like to think they had a creepy little space for changing into their wading attire and doing a little fortune telling to see if the water was fine.
Gypsy Soul does have a proper Gypsy Wagon available if you're feeling more ambitious, but I like this little fella. It's a fun kit and there are LOADS of customization possibilities. Travelling snake oil salesman, a tiny portable library, a sideshow trailer... oooh, so many ideas!

Two tips I will mentions.


1. I am terrible at applying hinges so I glued my door in place and ajar. If you do the same, just be aware of the door placement so that you can still add the stairs.

2. I used the Chipboard Shingles - Half Scale Sampler for the shingles. One package is enough to do the entire roof. You might want to position the bottom row of shingles lower than I have. (Don't tell anyone but I think it would have looked a bit better with more of an overhang.)


If you'd like to see the process to create this particular piece, the walk through is available HERE.


And here are all of the supplies I used to create this version of this project: 

Chipboard Shingles - Half Scale Sampler
Leafy Corners
Faux Metal Number Plates 1 to 25
Miniature terrain grass
Moss and faux flowers
Bead caps
Thin Looped Dresden Border
Black Zig Zag Dresden Borders 
Paper straw
1/8" doweling
Graphic45 - Rare Oddities
Acrylic paint
Glass marble