MDF Project

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Good morning everyone!  So starts another week, & the last day of January.  Where has this month gone?

I have just finished a little MDF project which has taken me quite a few weeks to do.  It wasn't a difficult project but had several stages to it & I cannot sit at my desk for very long, so it was made in several stages.

First I gessoed the edges of the pieces in black to make a border around the papers I was going to use.  After doing this I noticed that the brief notes with the project recommended putting the box together first.  Anyway, I kept my fingers crossed that it wouldn't affect my gluing it all together. Next, was to glue the papers to the various areas.  By the way, I changed my mind 3 times on which papers to use, so that used up one of my working sessions. That done I then proceeded to glue it together. It didn't go easily I think the gesso had had an effect on the MDF - but it just took a little gentle persuasion & it went together beautifully.  Final touch was a die-cut peacock, which I felt suited the papers used, which I then glued to the lid.

Here is my project;

View of outside


View of lid


Box open


Looking inside box


I really enjoyed this little project & have a few more in my craft room to work on.  So, I must set some time aside for one of those & also see if I can make up my mind on the papers a little quicker.

At the moment I have quite a few ideas of things to do, which is quite refreshing for me, at the moment. I just need to pace myself. So please to seem to have got my mojo back.

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