3A Crafts

3A Crafts Personal blog of art and crafts lover. Personal blog about mosaic art, upholstery, furniture restoration and some nice DIY things. Handmade only :)

This Indian table has an incredibly pleasant texture of silk. In addition, it is a pure joy from the resurrecting of a m...
23/02/2018

This Indian table has an incredibly pleasant texture of silk. In addition, it is a pure joy from the resurrecting of a masterpiece.

This little cute toy box has taken its place in my living room and has been making my daugter happy for a year now. She ...
23/02/2018

This little cute toy box has taken its place in my living room and has been making my daugter happy for a year now. She use it as a storage, a crib, a bench etc. Irreplaceable thing :)

Restoration Vs Conservation Vs upsycling---------------------------------------------Have a good Monday morning, restor...
19/02/2018

Restoration Vs Conservation Vs upsycling
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Have a good Monday morning, restoration blogger is with you again! Once we had a discussion with my friends - if you repaint a chair is it restoration or not? There is a pretty clear definition: restoration is a process of making a restoring object to look identical to how it was originally created. It is different from the conservation that eliminates all damage, but does not mask them. In this case when you make a new chair leg it will look visually different from originals. Upcycling (re-use) changes the restoring object. It can be both a purely external change (coating) and a complete change of function (bench from the drawer).
For example, one of my last works is a home barometer made in the 1930s. It is a typical representative of art deco - direct, parallel lines, clear edges.
It was very, very dirty, obviously it had never been cleaned during 80-90 years of its existence. Thick patina of metal oxides, drops of paint, dust and traces of smoking. Apparently, it was covered with french polish and was dark enough. When I cleared it, I decided just cover it with danish oil to highlight the beautiful oak's grain. So technically it's upcycling, not restoration :)
Thank you for reading through! Have a fun and creative day!

Маленький стул набрал ноль (!) 🙈лайков.Ну и ладно, вот посмотрите мозаику, которую я сейчас делаю. Узнаете Ван Гога, опя...
11/12/2016

Маленький стул набрал ноль (!) 🙈лайков.
Ну и ладно, вот посмотрите мозаику, которую я сейчас делаю. Узнаете Ван Гога, опять?
Вот занимательные факты:
1. Существует шесть версий этой картины.
Вы можете увидеть их в Национальной галерее (Лондон), в Пинакотеке (Мюнхен) и в Филадельфийском музее.
2. По-голландски фамилия художника звучит на самом деле Ван Гхогх, как будто вас душат.

Солнечного воскресенья вам!

-- Can you see the difference? -- Well cleaned and plishished child char also have been vaxed. He is ready to work for a...
09/12/2016

-- Can you see the difference? --

Well cleaned and plishished child char also have been vaxed. He is ready to work for another 50 years. Or at least unytill it needs a new seat. Can you see the difference?

-- Как сделать мозаику? --Как сделать вот такую мозаику? Очень просто - сначала раскалываешь, а потом приклеиваешь. Всё....
06/12/2016

-- Как сделать мозаику? --

Как сделать вот такую мозаику?
Очень просто - сначала раскалываешь, а потом приклеиваешь. Всё.

-- What color would be good? --I got this baby chair from a charity shop, it's made of the softest ever pine. Someone lo...
05/12/2016

-- What color would be good? --

I got this baby chair from a charity shop, it's made of the softest ever pine. Someone lovingly carved it about 50 years ago. It doesn't have an antique value, but is so nice that it is impossible not to buy it.
They say that it is very reminiscent of a chair from a famous paintings from the Arles series of Van Gogh.
Some kids used to use it very active, so I had to glue it and give it a good cleaning. Now it's waiting for finishing.
What color would be good?

05/12/2016

Welcome to all craft lovers! Here I will share my mosaic artworks and restored furniture. I believe in beautiful things and reasonable use of natural resources.

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