Make your own Baining Fire Dance Mask & Other Craft projects - Other Crafts

S Sneakytiki Tiki Socialite Boise, Idaho Joined: Mar 31, 2003 Posts: 1795	S Sneakytiki Posted posted on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 12:10 PM Very cool project! I've found that coffee or black tea make the most authentic looking wash in the color range you are going for. Easiest to do if you dye the whole piece before applying the colors. When you make a red or yellow paint to put on a tribal piece, try to make the red a rust color like iron oxide, add a bit of orange and brown to a straight red, same goes for a yellow. Charcoal is usually used for black in these cultures. If you want to go to the trouble you can make your own pigments by crushing charcoal and mixing it with grease, butter, mineral oil, etc... I am way impressed by your Baining mask. Sneaks [ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2008-04-14 12:12 ] [ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2008-04-14 12:12 ]

Very cool project! I've found that coffee or black tea make the most authentic looking wash in the color range you are going for.

Easiest to do if you dye the whole piece before applying the colors.

When you make a red or yellow paint to put on a tribal piece, try to make the red a rust color like iron oxide, add a bit of orange and brown to a straight red, same goes for a yellow.

Charcoal is usually used for black in these cultures.

If you want to go to the trouble you can make your own pigments by crushing charcoal and mixing it with grease, butter, mineral oil, etc...

I am way impressed by your Baining mask.

Sneaks

[ Edited by: Sneakytiki 2008-04-14 12:12 ]

Post #373643 by Sneakytiki on Mon, Apr 14, 2008 12:10 PM