LATCHKEY RELIQUARIES

Dealios available:

Kroma Acrylics: 10% off until Sept 30th - just use checkout code: “OPENSESAME”

AVEs Studio: 10% off - use check out code: “DEMENG”

SUPPLY LIST

  • Something to build your reliquary or shrine on. Could be a shadow box, cigar box, old drawer, antique tin, lockbox, broken clock, small cabinet, driftwood, or literally anything interesting.

  • Keys. Lots of keys- any type. Could be small, big or medium.

  • Variety of found objects that might make interesting additions. Items like dolls, watch parts, gears, lock parts, milagros, bolts, leather straps, springs, tiny bottles, beads, chains, religious medals, toy parts, old jewelry fragments, scraps of rusty metal…anything odd and evocative.

  • Collage elements - bits of paper, photos, etc. all types.

  • Texture Making Material

    • Cheese Cloth

    • Fabric

  • Paint Brushes (a couple small detail brushes, and bristle brushes

  • String, twine and wire (a couple of different smaller gauges)

  • Paint (good quality like Kroma, Golden or Liquitex)…either fluid or heavy body will work) small tubes will be fine. 

    • Quinacridone Gold aka Azo Gold (if you can’t find it don’t worry there are other ways to make the effect)

    • Black (Mars or Carbon)

    • Titanium White

    • Pthalo Green (blue shade)

    • Dioxazine Purple

    • Transparent Red Oxide

    • Quinacridone Crimson (or Red)

    • Pthalo Blue

    • Nickle Azo Yellow

    • Paynes Gray

    • Iridescent Colors – Gold, Silver, Pearl.  Any Metalic colors.

  • Mediums Etc.

    • Matte Medium – fluid or heavy body

    • Gesso

  • Mica sheets -transparent

  • Adhesives

    • Aves Apoxie Clay or Aves Apoxie Sculpt

    • Acrylic Laxtex Caulking- White, (aka Alex Plus Fast Dry or Dap Kwik Seal) - get this at the hardware store (you can also use molding or modeling paste)    

    • E6000

    • Wood Glue

    • White Glue (PVA)

  • Tools that will Make your Life Easier

    • Heat gun

    • Dremel – with cut off wheels. and carving tools

    • Drill

  • Optional fun -

    • Rare-Earth Magnets- these are super strong magnets if you want to be able to remove your from the shrine