Wash the eggshells in bleach
Leave to dry out
Crush the shells into desired sized pieces
Use your mod podge or pva glue to stick the shell to your desired piece
Once covered and you are happy with the coverage, leave to dry
When all the white has disappeared and the shells are clear, cover with another coat of mod podge or pva glue
Give it a good coverage and leave to dry
You will know when it's dry as the shells will be clear and no white will be visable compared to above
Start to paint in your chosen colour and medium
Continue covering until you are happy with what you have
You can obviously mix colours etc but I decided just to leave mine silver
When dry add an image to finish
14 comments:
brilliant Sam
Just fabulous, TFS Sam! xx
When I was around 7 or 8 (a long, long time ago), I decorated an oval frame with broken egg shells to frame my favorite picture of Sleeping Beauty. I thought it was so pretty. Thanks for the memory, Sam!
Brilliant Sam - I love it!! xx
I have tried this before and it's great fun.
Another beautiful piece of work!
Sam this is simply superb - such a lovely result from the humble eggshell. Patty
Gorgeous, Sam, but isn't it very fragile?
Brilliant idea- very effective.
I have seen them used on lots of sites - but I think that the 'simple' silver looks superb - really classy
Another excellent and inspiring demo. You do great 'step by step. directions - makes it easy to follow.
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wow, thanks for this, it looks fabby
Looks great,its a fab technique for texture,i can recommend filling any gaps (should you want to) by glueing flowersoft into any gap,wait for it to dry then paint over it along with the eggshells,it adds more texture and gives another dimension to the work,and its very touchy feely!
Oh! We have chickens, I'm going to save the shells and do this :D
Great effect! Thanks for this.
I've just made a frame from eggshells which is on my blog. :)
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