Altoid can compact
Issue #34
Craft-off Contest: runner-up
By Rebecca Volynsky
Published: December 1st, 2007 | 3:10pm
Our youngest Craft-off Contest finalist, Rebecca Volynsky, 17, of Providence, Rhode Island, is working on her portfolio to apply to art schools. She loves spending her afternoons at New Urban Arts (a non-profit studio space for students and emerging artists, newurbanarts.org) and stumbling around her brilliant city. View her work at flickr.com/omgrebeckaaa.
Skill level: freshman
Total cost: $16
Supplies
• Altoid can (about $2)
• Golden Regular Gel Gloss (about $8 for 8 ounces)
• gold acrylic paint (about $5 for 8 ounces)
• attractive paper or magazine cutouts
• 1.5-inch x 3-inch cut mirror pieces (about $1 each)
Tools
• a paintbrush (about $2)
Go to it
1. Brush a small dollop of the gel medium to the top cover of the Altoid can. Don’t apply too much because it will get too goopy. Add a drop of water to dilute if needed.
2. Glue down first cutout. It’s easier if you begin at the edges, which are always the tough spots. Make sure that the corners are folded neatly over one another to avoid bulk. Repeat.
3. Once you are done with the top, do the same with the bottom of the Altoid can. Keep the can closed because if you collage on the top part of the outside edges, the Altoid can won’t close (even if there’s only a small layer of glue.)
4. Set to dry.
5. Cut out a couple of 1.7-centimeter strips of paper and line the inside edges of the Altoid can. Then collage the inside (or paint it with acrylic paint).
Hint: Try not to get any glue inside of the hinges, because it will be very difficult to pick it out.
Optional: Order or cut your own 1.5-inch x 3-inch mirror pieces at your local glass factory. It can be expensive, but it makes the compact even more functional.
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