Pots with moss

In issue 5 2024, Jayne has shown how she makes jars look really old. Some are covered with moss, and here she has used ready-made moss from Cadence, which is just right to put on the jar. But... not everyone can get hold of that moss, and since there is a lot of interest in the jars of moss, she decided to try her hand at making her own moss. The structure is very special. Finding it took a few brushes and sponges until she found just the right one. Now the moss is very similar to the one from Cadence in texture and color, so she can share it with you. Jayne uses products and colors from Cadence to get close to the sincere. The products are sponsored by The creative universe

You can see many more DIY ideas in the magazine. How you can use different techniques to patina your pots so that you get different expressions.

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What you need:

Paint: Acrylic paint from Cadence

Walnut green 8010

Clover green H-061

Moss H-050

 Binder/Thickener:

Cadence relief paste

Clear or classical

Mineral powder or fine sand

Antique Powder (Mink)

Authentic Graphite.

White fabric ribbon

Saks

Cardboard

Grater

Container for the mixture

Palette knife or stick

Here's how you do it:

 Start with the dark moss. Here you need to make a slightly larger portion than you need for the jars, because you need some of it for the light mash. Make a pile of fiber fluff from the ribbon. Cut off a piece and remove the edges. Now you can tear off the center seam, strip by strip, so that you get ruffles. These are the ones you cut off for approx. 1 cm. Continue until you have a good pile. Now you make a pile of cardboard zeros. You just shred cardboard with the shredder (the small holes). Walnut green is poured into a container/bowl. Then you add fiber down, cardboard blanks and sand in the paint. Better a little, and then a little more, than too much. You should have a slightly mushy consistency. Here you must add relief paste to thicken it a little. The transparent one is used if I want to keep the colour, and classical if it needs to be lighter. Now you have to find the moss color you like, so here you add a little Clover green.  

How to regulate with the products until you are satisfied:

 Lacks structure: more sand, cardboard, ribbon fiber.

 Too thin: more relief paste, and perhaps structure.

 Too thick: more paint

 Too dark: classical pasta

 Now you need to make the bright moss.

 Pour the moss paint into a container and mix in the dark moss mixture little by little until you have the perfect light moss color. Jayne thought it should be darker than the color in the paint, so that's why she did it that way. Use the same procedure as for the dark one to get the right consistency.

Paint some moss on the pot, the dark one first. Then put some of the light on. You can put a little on top of the dark, and something close to the dark. Then paint a little with Antique Powder (Mink), then brush. Stop with Autentico Graphite.

Have fun - and greetings from Jayne