Hello! I finally got started on the Art Tins project. I have been thinking about it / hoarding tins for years, but I have not had a good paint removal plan. Lucky for me, my buddy Nic did have a paint removal plan, and so I went over to his house.
In his driveway, we set up some folding tray tables. Nic drilled some holes into one, allowing us to zip tie down a drill. Nic then installed a simple shield over the drill, since we would be using the wirebrush attachment at high speeds near our faces.
You can see here Nic stripping the paint from a Snickers tin.
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After the paint was removed from a tin, it went into the copper bath. Shown here, it's just a 9V battery connected to the tin on one side and a copper pipe in the other. At first the solution was just some salt water, but later we added lemon juice.
And ta-da! We came away with some tins with character.
Next step: Our old friend collage. I cut out some interesting characters.
This cathedral looked like a good backdrop to span to the two halves.
Next I started playing with the position of this guy, deciding how much I actually wanted in the tin. I also traced him on some watercolor paper; I later added those watercolor layers to raise the figures off the background.
I yellowed the background to make the figures pop.
And that's it. That's how I make a collage tin. They're not all exactly the same, but the techniques are pretty similar across the board.
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