. Antique Embossed Ceiling Tin (#34020) . 10 sheets (2 Play Paks) Metallic Wash Tissue “Gold Wash” (#924319) . 10 sheets (2 Play Paks) Metallic Wash Tissue “Copper Wash” (#924311) . Premixed, water based wallpaper paste (home improvement centers) . 20’ brown kraft paper, preferably 30” wide (home improvement centers or craft stores) . 1 piece 2’ x 4’ foam insulation (home improvement centers) . 4 screws, nuts and 2” washers . Assorted acrylic craft paints (we used various shades of brown, dark greens and a bit of maroon and turquoise.) . Acrylic metallic craft paints (we used two or three shades of dark golds and coppers) . Wide sponge brush . Craft paint brush . Towel and sponges (2-3 small sponges) 1. Begin by tearing off all the straight edges on the tissue paper. Then crumple up each piece of Metallic Tissue, crumpling it several different directions to make it very wrinkled. 2. Open up and gently straighten out each piece of Metallic Tissue, then tear them into random sized pieces. Set aside. 3. Working on a horizontal surface, apply wallpaper paste with the wide sponge brush to the entire surface and sides of one side of the foam panel. 4. Roll out Kraft paper onto the pasted side of foam panel, smoothing out as you go, and wrapping the Kraft paper down along the panel’s sides, and adding a bit of paste and tucking the edges down on the backside. (don’t worry if you have wrinkles in the Kraft paper). 5. Depending on where you are going to use the finished piece, you may or may not want to apply the Kraft paper to the backside of the foam panel. 6. To fasten the Antique Embossed Ceiling Tin to the foam board, mark the four corner screw holes on the Ceiling Tin on the foam panel, and using a drill, make holes through the foam board. (we slightly enlarged the original holes in the Ceiling Tin also). Put screws through the Ceiling Tin and on through the foam panel, slipping the washer on the back where the screw comes through, then tightening everything down with the nut. 7. Apply paste to the surface of the Kraft paper and the Antique Embossed Ceiling Tin, making sure to get all the “nooks and crannies”, and begin laying down your pieces of Metallic Tissue in a random manner, allowing them to overlap on each other. Use your sponge to pat them down. Avoid rubbing as this will smooth out the tissue and/or make tears in it. Allow the Metallic Tissue to make its own wrinkles and folds as you put the pieces down. 8. Continue until you have covered the entire top surface, and the sides of the foam panel, being sure to wrap a bit of the Metallic Tissue around to the back to give a finished edge. Allow the Metallic Tissue pieces to flow from the panel onto the Ceiling Tin, making the two surfaces meld together. As you work on the Ceiling Tin, keep working the Metallic Tissue into every indentation, as this is your detail. Lightly go over in a patting motion, the entire surface of the covered panel, patting out air bubbles and removing any excess wallpaper paste. Allow to dry overnight. 9. Put a small amount of all of your paint colors onto a working surface (frozen dinner trays work great for this). Have a jar of water handy, and a couple of damp sponges. Dip your paintbrush into the water, pick up a bit of paint and lightly jot it on the surface of the Metallic Tissue. Using your sponge, pat the color out, letting the edges feather away. (too much paint can easily be watered down if you work immediately with it). Continue doing this, letting the various colors meld into one another. Generally it is best to save the metallic paints for last however. 10. Depending on how you are most comfortable working, you can either work with one color for a number of applications, then move to the next one, or keep working from one color to the next, although this requires changing your water more often. 11. Continue doing this until you like the effect you have. The finished, dried piece will be lighter than the wet version. 12. Stand the panel upright, and using a bit of paint and water, apply a few “splotches” of paint in various place, and add more water to create natural looking drips and runs, such as old metal gets when it is outdoors. (a bit of the metallics and just a touch of turquoise are great for this effect). 13. Let dry, then find a place for your masterpiece! 1. Periodically stand back and look at the effects you are getting. This technique looks VERY different when viewed from a short distance. 2. When working horizontally on the surface, put something under your panel to slightly elevate it, making it much easier to work on the sides and to wrap the Metallic Tissue around the back. (We use four small paint buckets)  Project Kit #1000407   Antique Embossed Ceiling Tin ($65.00) 10 sheets (2 Play Paks) Metallic Wash Tissue “Gold Wash” ($6.98) 10 sheets (2 Play Paks) Metallic Wash Tissue “Copper Wash ” ($6.98)     (Value Total: $78.96)   Kit Price: $66.00

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