Aztec Wall Art

Step 1

• Cut the 1” strips according to the design we have selected as reference for the wall art.

Step 2

Frame the Aztec Wall Art and it is ready to be placed as a center piece in your living room.

Step 3

• Cut various pieces according to the reference design and place them together to get an idea how the designs will turn out to be.

Step 4

• Take 1 mt of white cotton fabric.
• Do the resist technique on the fabric by placing beads in random places and resisting them with white cotton yarn.
• Dip this piece of fabric in water.

Step 5

• Stick all the pieces on the base board as shown.
• Use Fevicryl Fabric Glue to stick them
• Let it all dry.

Step 6

• Draw out an Aztec design on a paper for reference as shown in the image.

Step 7

• Take big pieces of thin corrugated sheet as shown in the image

Step 8

• Cut long strips of 1” as shown.
• Use a cutter to cut them neatly.

Step 9

• Take Fevicryl Fabric Colours (white, deep brilliant purple, dark green, light green, lemon yellow) and create a gradational effect as shown in the image.
• The gradation travels from light deep brilliant purple to darker, mixture of purple and dark green and end it with light green.
• Spread the fabric on a big surface and use a broad brush to spread the colours on the fabric.
• Let the fabric dry.

Step 10

• Paint the cut-out pieces using Fevicryl Acrylic Colour white and brush.
• Let it dry.

Step 11

• Place the pieces on the dyed fabric piece to calculate which piece will have what part of the dyed fabric.
• The bottom part will be placed on the green side and the top part on the purple side.
• Once the pieces are placed, draw around the pieces with 1” space on all sides.

Step 12

• Take the pieces one by one and cut the fabrics with 1” on all sides.
• Fold them and stick them on the back using Fevicryl Fabric Glue.
• Let it dry.

Step 13

• This is how the pieces will start to look once they are wrapped and start to place them according to the design.
• This is the green part of the design

Step 14

• Place the painted pieces on the purple fabric and wrap them using Fevicryl Fabric Glue
• Let it dry.

Step 15

• Take all the pieces and place them together to see the flow of the colours , if they are seamless and there is no jump in the colour flow.

Step 16

• Place small pieces on top of the bottom layer as shown in the image.
• Paint them white as well
• Let it dry

Step 17

• Wrap the smaller pieces with the tie dye fabric and place them on the base design formation as shown in the image.

Step 18

• Take a thick corrugated sheet measuring 30” x 15”

Step 19

• Paint the thick corrugated sheet using Fevicryl Acrylic Colour White.
• Let it dry.
• Using Fevicryl Acrylic Sparkling Gold Dust, Fevicryl Acrylic White, Fevicryl Glass colors (Black, White) and brush, create a white marble like texture on the white surface.
• Let it dry

Step 20

• Take the small pieces that we have placed on the base design
• Apply Fevicryl Fabric Glue randomly on the piece and stick gold foil on it.
• Once the foil is stuck, brush off the excess foil.
• Apply gold foil completely on the center pieces by applying fabric glue all over the pieces.