The Secret Art Box

We are thrilled to be bringing you these amazing boxes just in time for Xmas, now you have the ideal thing to say when someone asks you “what could I buy you for Xmas?”

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As the name implies the contents will be a secret, who doesn’t love a secret?

I’m not very good at keeping secrets but I would be in big trouble if I gave this one away! However, I can tell you that here will be things like Powertex, pigments, paints, powders, MDF, metal embellishments and so much more. Some of the products will be exclusive to your The Secret Art Box and others will be seen here first items.

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Every piece has been handpicked because I think I would like to use it with my Powertex projects and members of our design team will also have them so there will be blogs about how they have used them over on  The Powertex UK BLOG

Exciting times ahead!

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Carry on Powertexing!

Tracey x

It’s been a while!

Doesn’t time fly when you are busy enjoying yourself?

Well you can safely say we have been busy and definitely say we have been enjoying ourselves as we have whizzed around the UK introducing so many people to the wonders of Powertex. Some of you will also have seen us on Hochanda and we are going to be continuing with this from time to time.

We now have well over 100 Certified tutors trained by little old me so that you can be sure each and every one of them has the knowledge and back up to ensure you are getting the very best attention.

We have an incredible design team who are bringing you brilliant blogs on a regular basis. Signing up to the blog is the equivalent of getting a FREE magazine article or tutorial delivered direct to your email inbox several times a month. Our blog has been housed on the Blogger platform but as it has grown we have decided that here on WordPress is going to suit us better and as of today you will be able to find us at powertexuk.blog

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SPRINGTIME

I don’t know about you but I love this time of year. Once the marigolds start appearing in our field it’s time to start and have a good clear out in the garden in anticipation of a long sunny summer, well we can all dream!

Inevitably the plans mean taking a look at our plant pots and deciding which ones we want to keep and which ones need to be discarded, at this point all I can think about is how fabulous the cheap plastic ones at the back of the shed will look with some Powertex dipped fabric wrapped around them.

The first thing I need to do is sort out some odds and ends of recycled fabric, it’s important at this stage to make sure everything is natural fibres so that my plant pot is weatherproof. the plaster pieces will need covering completely to seal out the weather too.

The next job is to get my fabric into the fabric hardener, I chose bronze for this project.

Powertex doesn’t stick to plastic so before I started I added some random pieces of paper tape to my plant pot.

I had fun adding the different fabrics to give me great texture, Powertex sticks to itself easily so I can get really creative here.

 

The next day when my plant pot was dry I used Powertex Easy Varnish and Bronze Gold Colortrix Pigment to create a weatherproof paint for my dry brushing.

I need to keep it indoors for three weeks before I can leave it outside but had to take it out for these photos, I just love the finished result!

Thanks to Paperartsy for issuing this challenge, it has both inspired me to share this make with you and also to get back to my blog.

We look forward to seeing the other entries!

 

We’re taking the show back on the road!

We started our run of Spring shows last week with a fabulous few days at Event City in Manchester and what an amazing time we had!

We bring along lots of Powertex goodies for you!

We get the workshop area ready and our local distributors come along to help you.

It’s incredibly hard work setting up our stand and running our workshops but we will never get tired of seeing everyones  faces when they realise what a beautiful piece they have created!

We love it when our customers send us photos of the mini work of art they get to take home!

This is what Sharon made in Manchester.

Keep an eye on our Facebook page so that you know when we come to a town near you!

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Testing fabrics ready for our workshops

We have been busy over the past few weeks sourcing lots of lovely different pieces of fabric ready for our upcoming workshops around the country this year. It’s important that they are all natural fibres to ensure they harden perfectly and we can say your finished pieces can go outside after the three weeks drying time so we always try a test piece first.

1. First of all I snipped of some small pieces of fabric, took an old DVD as a base and some black Powertex hardener.

2. Next I dipped, squeezed and massaged the Powertex hardener into my fabric and laid it onto the DVD and left this to dry for a few hours whilst I went for a walk in the woods with my lovely little dog Frankie.

3.  After checking that each of the fabrics were hardening well I used some Colortrix bronze gold pigment and Powertex Easy Varnish to dry brush everything, considering it was just meant as a test piece I was really pleased with the result – it just demonstrates perfectly how the use of different fabrics creates great textures when they are over brushed with our fabulous vibrant Colortrix pigments.