Part 2 Decorating A Daisybox Cardboard Casket

Photo credit: Julie Carlton

On Sunday, 9th August, I finished painting this Daisybox Cardboard Casket at the Dying To Know Expo. 

What a great experience my first time painting live was, I received lots of positive feedback by so many of the lovely attendees.

Photo credit - bottom left - Shire of Mundaring

Hubby packed the caskets into the back go his ute and we got everything set up in my area of the community centre.

Here is a link to Part 1.

The next layers were:

1. Making a variety of marks in black and white over the colourful layers. I used bubble wrap, cardboard tubes, lids, cork etc.

2. When the paint was dry I used a white pastel to make out the areas of flowers, trees, land and water.

3. Then I blocked out the flower background in white and painted in the water, land and sky of the treescape.

4. Then I used translucent paint on the flowers and trees.

5. Added the black lines of the trees and then the confetti dots.

If I had more time I would have neatened it up a bit but I had to keep telling myself that it's either going to be burnt or buried and it's not going up on the wall.

When the paint is dry they will be sprayed with Mr Sheen - a wood polish, this is something you may want to double check that it is ok in your area as each state in Australia has their own laws regarding cremation and burial of cardboard caskets.

I hope these blogs were helpful. Have fun!

 

Decorating a Daisybox Cardboard Casket Part 1

I have been asked, okay, fine, I have offered, though let me say that I should have clarified all the details first, to paint a Daisy Box cardboard casket - live!

Do you know how big those things are? Approximately 50cm x 2m and there are lots of sides and the lid.

What was I thinking? I've painted anything that big before! I thought I was going to paint it at home and it would go on display at the Dying To Know Expo.

I was limited to the number of layers on the cardboard and looked to my Confetti trees for inspiration.

And then a second box became available so I thought I'd decorate that one with my gel prints!

In case you need some help or inspiration with decorating your casket - I'm providing my process and more information is available on the Daisybox website.

Materials - Daisy box will provide a list of things which can be used and what cannot be used.

See the photos above.

1. I applied a layer of gesso to provide a white background and to prime the cardboard.

2. I applied children's poster paints, which are water based and do require extra time to dry. Chromacryl student paints are a good alternative too on both boxes.

3. Then I applied my gel prints with Selley's Aquadhere Interior glue - which was recommended by Daisybox to one box.

4. To the painted, second box, I will the following layers live on Sunday and will try to remember to take photos and blog about it in Part 2. The layers will include a mark making layer, blocking out with opaque paint, translucent layer and dotty bling.

Below are my inspirational artworks.