The New Look and Re-Designs

As redesign seems to be the trend for decorative artists,

I to am participating in this adventure of

New Looks and Re-Designs.

I recently changed an Eastern design foil application to a warmer colored foil which one of my existing clients absolutely loved  when compared  to the other foil I have used in the past for this finish.

The previous foil was on a greener cooler side which looked grayish against the warmer gold finish on the mirror frame which we all know is one of the main accessories that holds the whole design together in a room such as this

Now there are a few things I must warn you about.

When working with foils  it can be a very temperamental medium so when it comes to applying them as a

“stand alone” finish, it is difficult to achieve  a 100%  coverage with the first application sometimes and there are a lot of factors involved.   It can not be achieved most times which is why the design side of the finish needs to be thought out when creating your samples for your client if you are wanting to only apply one layer of foil.

This particular design I was actually introduced to by artists Pam and David Schmidt many years ago and fell in love with it and the use of foils but was first introduced to them by Gary Lord and Donna Phelps who are very dear to me.

I loved their approach to mural painting which is what I used here for the bamboo

but I have made my own changes by leaving the cooler gold foil for a warmer color of gold

for this particular client

The New Look and Re-Designs

are important in todays market and sometimes even the most subtle changes can make the difference of what sells or sinks a treatment

If you look close you can see a lot of the back ground color of the red coming through the foil which is one of the reasons

I used a warmer “redder” foil

I also kicked up the intensity of the highlights on the bamboo to bring the contrast and values closer to the brightness of the foil so as to try and “meld” the two together before over glazing the finish. The highlights had just the right amount of intensity to pick up the glow of the foil but yet not to much to throw the contrast out of whack

because in most cases they these small baths have ceilings that are either to high or to low are

composition ally challenging, especially when it comes to a mural design.

With the mirror spanning nearly a third of the wall space plays an important part in the room design, as with most powder rooms, so I had to bring both the mirror frame and the foil finish together without losing one within the other, which made the room even more challenging and with my arsenal of unique materials that I find through many hours of research I am always prepared for any challenge

I love working with things that no one else has which is why a lot of the foils I work with you don’t find very often. Reason being is that distributors simply wont sell them because of the difficulty of applying them sometimes.

I find ways to make things happen which separates me from everyone else which is why I have these foils. When everyone else has given up on them, kind of like the proverbial “Red headed step child” that is cast aside because of being the problem child, do I see  something worth not giving up on, and it becomes a challenge to be able to create something beautiful and unique by achieving a

new look by redesigning a portfolio…

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