Sunday, 7 April 2019

Tutorial.The birth of a tin.Part 1.

Tobacco tin art starts with the prep work. A good tin will always have a good foundation and this tutorial will show you how to prep your tin and take it to the stage where you can start to build up your tin.

It's surprising just how many modern tin artists forget the prep work that goes into the tin. The prep work is important as it helps the glue stick and forms a good key between the metal and the wood we will be applying at a later date.

The first thing we need is a tin. Tobacco tins are traditionally used so in this tutorial we will be using a modern example which can be purchased for about £1.00.The next item will be rough sandpaper.

 
All we have to do is take the sandpaper and rough up the surface. The sandpaper will partly remove the painted surface of an old tin or the lacquer on a modern tin. The two main things that stops glue sticking.The main thing to try to do is get a good amount of scratches covering the surface. It's these scratches that will help hold the glue when we start to build up.
 
 
 
Below is a close up of the roughed up tin.
 
 
 
Once you are happy with this stage it is time to start to build up the tin by packing out sunken areas. That is a subject for the next part of the tutorial.
 
 

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