Interesting candy box

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Interesting candy box

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Barb: Posts: 234; Joined: Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:30 pm

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Post by Barb » Fri Nov 17, 2017 10:12 am

Hi all,

Lynn, I think the base is paper mache, and hollow. There is a thin piece of cardboard covering the bottom. It's light as a feather and sounds hollow when you tap it.

Howard, at one time someone in our group lent me some wonderful lakkies to copy. When I examined them closely they appeared to be coated with a plaster like substance and then painted. They had a real heft to them. I used gesso to recreate the look and feel... don't know if that could have been the original substance or not.

Barb