How can you decorate a watch using decoupage technique?

Decoupage art is popular in many countries. This technique can be used to decorate any interior items - furniture, boxes, clocks, vases. And also with its help they make exclusive, designer accessories, bags, hats, decorate some items of clothing.

Decoupage is the application on the treated surface of applications (decorative motifs) made of paper, fabric, leather and other materials, which are fixed with several layers of glue. Then the resulting pattern is covered with clear varnish for fixing and durability.

You can decorate products made of almost any material: wood, glass, plastic, leather, metal.

This technique provides an opportunity not only to decorate some thing, but also to give it a "second life", to look at the object from the other side. And you can also turn the most ordinary consumer goods into a masterpiece, refine the product and add grace.

There are several directions of this skill. The style in which the work is done depends on which interior it will look the most organically.

You can decoupage watches in several different styles. Let's consider the most common ones today.

Light, light, playful. The basis is made up of pastel colors. Natural motives, images of rural landscapes, vegetables and fruits are used. You can decorate wood, ceramics, glass.

This style implies the creation of a thing that has been used for a long time - artificial aging, application of abrasions, chips, scratches. Mixing colors - light and dark overlap each other, resulting in the effect of erased paint.

Nobility. Antique items with a family history, passed down from generation to generation. Dark colors of various shades are characteristic. A special technique of applying craquelure varnishes is used. Usually in the vintage technique they work on wooden surfaces.

For example, for a room decorated in a loft style, the direction of shabby chic, retro is suitable. Old, "worn out" and shabby things.

Conversely, a vintage mantel clock will decorate a noble living room.

Therefore, in what technique decoration is supposed, the choice of materials and tools that will be required for work depends. When using an old watch, you just need to disassemble it, clean it from dust and wipe it.

But you can also purchase the necessary parts from a specialized store:

• workpiece for the body or front wall;
• dials;
• figures made of wood, plywood, plastic;
• some models require a glass cover.

They select materials suitable for the chosen style and material:

• sandpaper;
• degreasing agent (used for processing plastic surfaces);
• foam sponges;
• decoupage cards (you can buy in a creative goods store), ordinary napkins or any motifs you like;
• scissors;
• PVA glue or special decoupage;
• acrylic primer;
• acrylic varnishes of the desired shade;
• water-based paints in different colors;
• candle or wax (for scuffing);
• brushes;
• texture paste - with its help they create convex elements, volumetric reliefs;
• palette knife - a special spatula, which is convenient to apply paste and remove excess;
• Scotch;
• screwdriver.

After the style has been chosen and all the tools are prepared, you can start working.

Below is a master class that tells how to make a round wall clock for the kitchen on a plywood blank with wooden numbers with your own hands. This is the lightest technology, only a decoupage card or a simple napkin is used.

• Carefully sand the blank and numbers with fine sandpaper.
• Drill a hole in the center to hold the mechanism.
• Then apply a layer of acrylic primer using a sponge (only the front side of the numbers is primed).
• Wait until everything is dry.
• Cover the workpiece one by one on both sides with light paint.
• Paint the front side and sides of the numbers in a dark color.
• Leave to dry.
• On the front side of the workpiece, apply a second coat of paint of the same tone or slightly lighter. Allow to dry.
• Take decoupage cards (napkins). For a kitchen clock, images of vegetables, fruits or flowers, a landscape are more suitable. Separate the drawing from the paper layer (how to do this is described in the instructions for the cards).
• Select the necessary fragments and try them on to the workpiece, choose the most suitable option. The motives are not cut out, but pulled out by hand. Jagged edges are easier to mask.
• Glue the motives, first the main one, and then the rest. To do this, take a little glue on the brush and with gentle movements lubricate the whole picture from the center to the edges, while smoothing out wrinkles. If PVA glue is used for work, it is diluted with water in a 1: 1 ratio.
• After the glue is completely dry, 2-3 layers of light acrylic varnish should be applied to the front side of the circle and numbers.
• When one side of the workpiece is dry, process the opposite side in the same way.
• Using a ruler or stencil, determine where the numbers will be located and mark the place for each.
• Fix the numbers with suitable glue.
• Attach the clockwork and hands.
• Hang the finished clock on the wall.

In the same way, you can make a square table clock for a bedroom or study.

In this case, the pattern is selected in accordance with the style and color scheme of the interior.

If the clock will be located in the children's room, it will be decorated with images of your favorite cartoon characters, fairy-tale characters, and animals.

The room of a teenager who is interested in the nautical theme will be very enlivened and decorated with a wooden cabin clock, with a ship, compass, steering wheel, shells and other attributes associated with the sea.

Products decorated in vintage technique, semi-antique will organically fit into the interior of the front living room.

You can make a volumetric relief. To do this, apply a stencil and apply a textured paste using a palette knife. Then the stencil is carefully removed, the excess paste is removed with a cloth.

Then cover with two or three coats of acrylic varnish of a suitable shade.

In decoupage of plywood products, such an interesting technique as imitation of boards is used. There are several steps to take to get the wood grain texture effect.

• A clean, dried surface is first covered with a light-colored primer. Dried.
• Painted with light paint, allowed to dry.
• A second, darker color is applied on top of the first layer. Wait 30 minutes.
• After that, the top wet layer is carefully removed with light movements in one direction with a wide brush or brush. Stripes remain that mimic the texture of wood.
• After drying, apply several coats of acrylic lacquer to secure.

Decoupage technique includes many different styles, trends, interesting projects.

For example, if there are old vinyl records in the house, you can quickly make an original clock from them. Moreover, there is already a hole for fastening the mechanism.

The order of work includes several steps.

• Degrease the surface.
• Paint on both sides of the plate alternately with paint of the chosen color. Wait until dry.
• Choose a suitable image. Prepare it accordingly.
• Using a brush and decoupage glue, fix the pattern on the plate. Apply the adhesive gently while smoothing out wrinkles.
• After the glue dries, varnish the workpiece.
• Secure mechanism with arrows

If you choose the appropriate motives, such a clock is suitable for a variety of premises - kitchen, bedroom, nursery, study, living room.

The basis for new stylish watches can be cut boards and gypsum tiles left over after repairs, as well as dishes - trays, plates.

As decorative elements, you can use any small items that are suitable in style. For example, bottle caps and corks or natural materials - cones, twigs, straws, small fragments of tree bark, corals, shells.

It is not difficult to make an original and stylish piece of furniture - a clock using decoupage technique. In addition to the necessary materials, imagination and accuracy are required. The main thing is the desire to create beauty for your home.

How to decorate a watch using decoupage technique, see the next video.