It's a Love/Hate Thing

To say that I don't like angels or cherubs would be a bit of a misnomer.

While I am not a fan of the angelics in the classical sense, I do enjoy them

once they are adequately "repurposed".

I was out thrifting with a friend a few weeks ago and she spotted this

delicious assortment of ceramic angel ornaments.

$2.00 for the entire lot of 10. Super sweet deal!

I knew immediately what I was going to do to each and every one of those

little fellas. I was gonna "fix 'em". And fix 'em good!

I started off with a nice coat of gesso to get everything ready for

what was to come... 

See?

All better!

I got out the polymer clay and began to sculpt a fleshy

heart over the existing one. I made sure it was beefy enough

to accommodate a big ol' chunk being gnawed out of it.

I also gave him a head wound. Might as well, huh? 

I made over his wings with a bit more clay. I ended them in points,

more like bat wings. I like them better that way.

  

Then he got the standard coats of Hauser Light Green

acrylic paint for his skin, and various shades of acrylics

for his remaining colored parts. I added some glittery pink

paint on the heart to make it purty. Same goes for the purty

red paint, too.     

Lastly, the whole caboodle got a wash of black paint

to help bring out all of the details, and a layer of 

Inka Gold in purple was added to the wings for one last

dose of dark angel glam.

This was made specifically for the current challenge going   

on this month at Haunted Design House. The theme is

It's a Love/Hate Thing.

Interpret that any which way you'd like. Drop by HDH for

some killer inspiration.