Hi, thought I'd send ART Evolved my homemade fossils!
I started this as a little experiment to try to see how fast I could colour match the fossils I made with the real thing. I started out by
making a cast of two of my fossils from my collection. Having never used this
before, apart from on the kid's hands which you know will wash off!, I was
worried the liquid that sets into a mould would damage my precious fossils, but
it worked beautifully and only cost 99p from a cheap craft shop! So I filled
the mould with plaster of paris and then when it was dry started painting my
fake fossils.
It took me about two hours to paint both fossils, and give
them a matt varnish, and I was quite pleased with the outcome!!
The next day I took them to my sisters house as a gift, and
a test! I put them on her worktop and said that they were a present for her.
She didnt know they weren't the real thing, until she picked them up!!! Mission
accomplished!
Great fun, easy, cheap and effective! Well worth a go!!!
Kind Regards,
Lucy Walsh.