A True Monsterpiece
Last week I had the chance to decorate a couple of cajón s for the current exhibition at Walford Mill Crafts . I was allowed to do anything I wanted, but I only had a week or so to come up with ideas and finish them off, so big projects were out and considering this I came up with a theme using what I now consider my 'signature colour pallet' and some materials that I already had available. This was the cojons to start with: Pretty darn boring. I gave them a sand with sandpaper to tidy them up a bit and then painted them with a bit of leftover paint... and I had a little helper too! Despite this futile attempt to sabotage me I finished the painting: They only had to be painted on three sides as the other two sides are for banging and making noise. I seem to have forgotten to take any more 'in progress' photos and skipped straight to the finished drums so here we are: I used some leftover fabrics with different textures and patterns to create a ...