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May 8th, 2012
we had a super-fun workshop last saturday…four lovely students (all at varying levels of experience) each brought a lamp base (3 brass, one ceramic) in for a re-vamp. they did a fantastic job, as evidenced below:
(patty, who swears she has never painted anything before, scored this great brass lamp at the oxford goodwill for $3.99 and put the coolest crusty weathered zinc finish on it, using graphite and louis blue chalk paint as a base.)
(lisa’s lamp was rescued from their flooded hunting camp. the brass finish was ruined, but she made it fabulous with annie sloan’s olive and old ochre, and pewter gilding wax.)
(jackie has had this ginger jar lamp since high school – it had been frighteningly bright and shiny, but she made it gleam like old polished plaster with country grey and old white under annie’s soft waxes.)
the group learned three different annie sloan chalk paint finishes, and chose one for their lamp. during “dry times” we chatted about fix-ups for shades, favorite places to flea, and alternate methods using metallics. it was a wonderful group – i can’t wait until they come back with pictures of their finished lamps in situ. gold stars for everyone!
(matt went for a mellow antiqued gold finish for his floor lamp, beginning with graphite. bravo!)
What a terrific and classy looking workshop! Great colours. Thanks Stephanie
thank you, annie! all due to your amazing paints and waxes, and my terrific & classy group of students! xx
I am so impressed. Those all look GREAT!
Such a great idea! Love them all but the zinc finish is my fav. I’m going to have to try that immediately! Thanks for sharing!
Just beautiful! Thank you so much for the great idea! We will offer this at our workshops as well!
tehse all look so terrific, GREAT IDEA! for a workshop, not your usual…
Cat
Hey Stephanie, I love the look on the zinc finished lamp! Did Patty use a wax over top of the paint? I am in Memphis and need to stop by your store – just ran across this website and I love what you do.
Thanks, Cover
cover, yes, there is wax on top of the paint…i am pretty sure she used a mix of dark and clear.
come by and see me soon! i am always there for open studio hours on wednesdays & thursdays from 10 to 3. looking forward to meeting you. thanks for the sweet comment.
For the zinc finish, did she use graphite or the Lois blue first?
the “zinc” is done in graphite with a wash of louis blue, and then clear and dark waxes…all annie sloan’s chalk paint® products. thanks for asking!
would love a little more info on the process. love all the finishes of these accessories but would like to know how to do it! thanks.
hi leigh anne, thanks for your kind comment!
the finishes shown are all work done by my students at a workshop…variations on some of annie sloan’s most popular techniques. if you live in the memphis area, i would love to have you stop by the studio so that i can show you samples and talk you through the finishes, or have you come to a course where i teach all of these methods and more. (just click on “studio” above for open times and the address.)
if you’re not close by, visit annie sloan unfolded to find a chalk paint stockist nearest you. if all else fails, annie’s three recent books “quick & easy transformations with paint”, “color recipes”, and “creating the french look” will provide lots of inspiration and instruction!