July 18, 2023 Janine O'Rourke

Altered Tin by LOUISE CROSBIE

Hi there.

I’ve altered this little tin as my first project for July. It’s about 5 inches tall and it was originally a 1940s (?) cigarette tin I picked up at a bric-à-brac stall for £4.

It had a nice bit of advertising on the lid but it featured a butler holding a tray full of cigarettes.

The colour was nice though so I used clear gesso to let it show. I covered most of the ‘cigarette wielding’ butler with resin elements but you can still see his black jacket showing below the bird.

I used its original faded yellow as my starting point for colour and just added to it using yellows and rusty tones. And I used rust paste to make it look nice and old.