Fun Friday - Addy Walker's Spatterwork Painting/Spatter Printing
Spatterwork painting was one of the crafts included in Addy's craft book. I really do not know anything about this craft at all. I can't find anything much about the history about this craft, other than it being on a list of 100-year-old crafts for your children.
What is spatterwork painting (aka spatter printing)? It is a way of making art by cutting a design out of heavy paper, pining it sercuely onto an object you wish to decorate and then using a spray gun (which can be found in a hardware store or on Amazon, of course) to 'spatter' the area around the object to leave the design's imprint on the object.
This is another gem of a craft I found in "The Book of Arts & Crafts" by Marguerite Ickis and Reba Selden Esh, and this is where I get my directions from, slightly adapted for modern use.
You Will Need:
Directions:
What is spatterwork painting (aka spatter printing)? It is a way of making art by cutting a design out of heavy paper, pining it sercuely onto an object you wish to decorate and then using a spray gun (which can be found in a hardware store or on Amazon, of course) to 'spatter' the area around the object to leave the design's imprint on the object.
This is another gem of a craft I found in "The Book of Arts & Crafts" by Marguerite Ickis and Reba Selden Esh, and this is where I get my directions from, slightly adapted for modern use.
You Will Need:
- material to paint
- spray gun
- paint (normal poster paint is fine for paper, but must be thinned - enamel paint with turpentine for rugs - concentrated dye for cloth so it can be washed is what the book recommends, but I don't think the rug one is a good idea, because turpentine is not only comustible but it can be an irritant of skin, eyes, lungs and it can worsen asthma and whooping cough).
Directions:
- Cover a worksurface with many layers of newspaper (the extra layers ar eneeded for pinning designs in place)
- Place the material on the worksurface making sure there aren't any wrinkles before pinning the designs onto it
- Spatter the background (the part of the material not covered by the pinned on patterns) with your paint.
- Let dry before using.
- Voila! Clean up your mess and you are done!
This project is a good one for kids and could make a very Fun Friday for your family indeed.
"The Book of Arts & Crafts" recommends using this method to make greeting cards, a luncheon set, rug, bedspeads or costumes with this method. You can add an element of outdoor scavenger hunting by making your little ones go outdoors to grab leaves and flowers to use as designs. I would recommend making greeting cards or posters if you are doing this project with children.
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