Antique Mosiac Vase.....so cute!

I found this cute mosaic "vase" on Ebay.

I really like this vase, the craftmanship is so good,

the dish shards used are amazing,

the golfer adds a touch of whimsy,

and there are NO pieces missing.

HOWEVER........

all this sweetness is built on a metal cylinder...

with NO bottom .

Yup! you can see all the way thru........

At first my head went to my trusty soldering iron, it is metal after all, I thought  

I'd solder on a bottom. But I could see some potential problems there. Then I thought maybe I'd just keep an eye out for a glass jar or something to fit inside.

But that could take forever.

Then I remembered that a month or so ago I had won a package of Fixit (made by Aves)

on Mud Hut Studio blog.

I had never used this or even heard of it until I entered the drawing.

I am looking forward to experimenting with it in jewelry making and other art.

In fact I just bought Kerin Gales' book Inspired Remnants, Curious Dreams.....

a book on using epoxy clay in mixed-media projects.

The Fixit Sculpt packaging says...."adhesive, waterproof, weatherproof, SAFE,

water cleanup, paintable.......can be drilled, sanded , painted."

Heck, they use it to fix cars......

So why not make a bottom for a vase???

Fixit Sculpt is a two part medium, you mix together in equal parts.

(wear gloves)

One nice thing is that each part is a different  color,

that makes it easy to tell when you have it well mixed.

For this project I used half of each part.

I cut a piece of thin metal  and placed it over the hole. (I needed something to support the Fixit.)

But only over the hole and a bit past, I wanted the Fixit over most of the bottom

to make a solid seal.

Then I just worked and smoothed it out to completely cover the bottom

of the vase.

It is really easy to work with. You actually have a 2-3 hour window where

you can smooth it, texture it, whatever your needs are.

When I had it all done I couldn't help myself,

I ran and got a bracelet and rolled it on the Fixit .....

just to get a "taste" of what it will be like to work with it in that way.

(you do NOT want me around your wet concrete!!)

You can see that it makes a very clean imprint......

It is fully cured in 24 hours, but I only waited about 6 hours before I painted it

.

I can't wait to use this in jewelry making!!

  So far so good!!!

I am SO happy that I won this drawing....

Thank you so much Lisa!!

(Mud Hut Studio)