Making the tapestries. This took a lot of research, and even experiments. I settled on a technique called photo transfer. My mother gave me some old coffee table cloths that were stained and/or had holes in them. The mixture used was equal parts Omni Gel, antique matte Mod Podge, and matte gel medium. This mixture is then thickly applied with a brush to the mirrored image on laser copy paper, then the cloth is applied to the mixture. After drying for 24 hrs, the paper backing is sloughed off with water and a sponge.
These tapestries look pretty good! But they still need the velvet trim. Using an iron on trim purchased from Michaels. It looks too new, but I am pleased that they look like the tapestries in the movie. Weldbond is used to glue them to the walls.
After this exciting moment, we must now turn our attention to what goes on the walls. The portraits! This proved difficult to find all the portraits to print, and some were definitely not high def, but I am pleased with it. Using trim from my wood stash, the picture frames were made to fit on each of the portraits. The paint used is a beautiful gold.
The portraits themselves were sealed with antique matte Mod Podge, and brushing multiple layers in a cross hatch pattern hopefully gives it a oil painting look. They are glued to some box card for stability.Wood glue is used to glue the portrait into the frame. Contact cement is used to glue old jewelry chain to the back of the portrait.
The chain is attached to the wall with pins.
Stay tuned for more!
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