Tuesday 7 June 2016

trash to treasure


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My daughter moved house recently and one of the items left by the previous occupants was this dusty old picture.  It is a print of Constable's "The Haywain" that had been framed by Haigh and Sons, I stopped Hubby on his way to the skip and stashed it away for a makeover.



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After a good clean down the first job was to paint the frame with some white eggshell paint I had left over from previous projects.  I used tape to mask off the picture to try and keep the edges clean.

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The decorated corners required a kind of splodging technique to try and get into all the nooks and crannies.


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Just painting the frame white has changed the whole look of the picture and brightened it up, however, I was not finished yet.


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Once the the frame was dry I took the masking tape off the picture and taped it to protect the newly painted frame.

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When I took the tape off I did lose some of the surface of  the picture but this was about to be covered in blackboard paint so I wasn't too concerned.

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Quite a transformation from the gold framed print of an old master.


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It has now been seasoned (chalk pulled down and across to cover the whole surface to ensure that your writing can get rubbed away) and is ready to be hung.

Before I began this project I did my research to ensure that there was no real value in the picture (approx £10-£20), I had this old news story in my mind and wanted to make sure that I was not going to be in the headlines!

So what do you think did I transform trash to treasure or do you think I have trashed a treasure?

2 comments:

  1. LOL, glad you clarified it's net worth, I had the same thoughts as I read this! Looks good.

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    1. Thanks Sandra D, glad to say that it was no great loss to the art world for me to get my brushes out :)

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