Ceramic Mermaid and Peacock Murals with Glass Finish

Here comes my first trial on ceramic mural (3D). I learned the techniques in a workshop from invited artists from Jaipur. It was an amazing experience starting from using the M-seal to the finishing touch.

Here is the one which I learned and made during the workshop, a big, almost 16X 20 sized oval 3D mural, with an antique glass finishing. Obviously to mention that the face is done by the “Karigar” himself and to get into that perfection really needs a skill and lot of practice.

As I do always, once the workshops are done, is to go and buy the materials and keep it in store. With that, I started on my first trial, a solo trial, on an A4 sized MDF board. I chose a simple picture of a “Peacock” and traced it on the MDF board. The materials used were:

·         White M-Seal (for the sculpting work)

·         Different tools for the patterns (simple tools like wooden knife, toothpick, backside of a pen, different patterned objects etc)

·         Powder (to smoothen down the surface)

·         White acrylic paint

·         For rest of the shading and coloring part “Oil colors” are used (base was turpentine)

And this is how it looks as I was done with the M-seal work, and the initial part of white coat and oil color shading of yellow and green are done.

The final finishing was done by "BOSNY" acrylic spray (glossy one) followed by a glass finishing using epoxy resin coat. After drying it for 4-5 hours, the final piece was done and here is the picture:

Initial M-seal work is a little tedious and time consuming and can get a little messy too!! After that, the coloring part was really enjoyable and yes, once the finishing is done the product really looked amazing to me. I made my first 3D ceramic mural :)