Ashtray decoration

Materials used:
- glass ashtray;
- printout with a drawing of a compass and a map;
- acrylic paints and varnish;
- two-component craquelure composition;
- seashells (whole and broken);
- sisal twine;
- hot glue;
- white putty;
- sandpaper;
- artistic bitumen.
1. Completely clean the surface of the ashtray from dust, dirt and skin secretion.
2. A printout is applied to the bottom of the ashtray, choosing the best position. Glue to the bottom with acrylic varnish, expel air and excess moisture.
When the paper dries, remove the excess paper with sandpaper along the edge.
3. Apply craquelure composition to the side. Here you must strictly follow the manufacturer's recommendations, as some points may vary. In our case, we used the craquelure composition of the company Mameri (Italy).
Cracks overwrite with bitumen.
4. Mix the ocher, white and medium yellow. It turns out a shade close to the color in the center of the card. They tint the outer part of the ashtray. After drying - with acrylic varnish in several layers.
No need to worry if the layer seems insufficient on the lumen - we will fix everything in the next step.
5. Now we coat the sidewalls with a putty of one to two millimeters, while gluing the crushed parts of the shells.
We coat with acrylic varnish. This will not allow the shell to crumble apart and stick them tightly to each other.
6. With a stiff brush, cover the outer part with burnt umber (dark brown acrylic paint).
Coat with acrylic varnish.
7. Glue the shells on hot glue.
8. With a stiff brush we tint the shells in a dark chestnut shade.
9. Add a green medium.
10. Dry brush and lemon yellow highlight relief.
11. Select the relief in white.
12. Shells tinted with antique gold.
13. Add a little pearl white.
14. We cover with acrylic varnish and clean the inside of the excess paint.
15. Glue the sisal with hot glue.
The work is ready! Good luck and inspiration!