The African style in the interior will be most believable if you make a panel, a beautiful lamp, make a vase using the craquelure technique and do-it-yourself decoupage. We attach instructions with a photo.
If you want one of the rooms or an entire apartment to turn into a corner of Africa, see what crafts will help this. Then even in frosty winters in this part of the house you will always have hot summers.
Do-it-yourself African-style masks for interior decor
Regular papier-mâché will help you create them.
To make these African masks, take:
- two rolls of toilet paper;
- 3 tbsp. l. tablespoons of flaxseed oil;
- PVA glue for construction;
- water;
- gauze.
First, you need to tear the toilet paper into small pieces. Then fill it completely with water. Now you can grind wet paper with your hands or with a blender. Leave this mass for one or two days in water, then strain through cheesecloth. But do not squeeze too hard so that the paper is not too dry. Then add oil to make the mass more elastic.
Instead of flaxseed oil, you can use flour paste made with water and flour.
Now add glue, mix everything until smooth. You can also use a blender for this.
Look at what this mass has become. It's time to sculpt from it.
African masks can now be crafted. To do this, take the food tray, put the paper sculpting mass here and start creating.
Once you've made the base of the mask, start creating smaller features like eyes, lips, eyebrows, nose. Smooth these elements not only with your hands, but also with a knife.
To get exactly African masks, give them ethnic traits. For example, you can make holes in the ears, as is customary among some tribes from Africa, and also do such an interesting hairstyle so that you get real African masks.
Then let the papier-mâché paste dry. This will take about a crescent. Then you sand the product to make it smooth. Now prime the mask. When it's dry, color it in. Then you can start decorating the African mask. To do this, use pasta, as well as threads and even seeds. Here you can show your imagination.
Now you can cover this product with white acrylic paint so that at this stage it looks like this.
Then, usually after the white acrylic paint has dried, the African mask is covered with black acrylic paint. Use a sponge to do this. In some places, you can cover your creation with mother-of-pearl enamel. Then you will have a metal and bronze effect. It will seem that this mask is made of this material, made according to the type of chasing.
- board;
- sandpaper;
- chisels are semicircular;
- two-phase epoxy adhesive;
- ruler;
- pencil;
- eraser;
- paper;
- wood varnish or wax;
- pliers;
- brass wire;
- brushes;
- drill with drills;
- hammer;
- file;
- tweezers;
- fasteners with screws.
- A3 sheet;
- watercolor paints;
- felt-tip pens;
- salt;
- thick foil;
- grater;
- cotton pads.
- natural twine;
- metal rods;
- frame for tensioning the fabric;
- silk paints;
- columnar brushes;
- silk fabric;
- white wax candles;
- black shiny varnish;
- bowler hat;
- cord;
- iron;
- LED light bulb.
- bobbin from linoleum;
- wood impregnation;
- a small piece of hardboard;
- PVA glue;
- putty;
- gypsum;
- napkins for decoupage;
- glue "Moment" intended for polystyrene;
- water-based varnish;
- gold pigment;
- craquelure pair 753-754 and 739-740;
- cold porcelain;
- necessary tools.
You will need:
See which board you have. If it is also uneven, then you first need to process it with a plane. You can also use coarse sandpaper for this. To facilitate this work, glue the paper to the board, use this tool.
Then place the board on the paper and trace the outline to make a mask about this size.
To make the mask perfectly even, first draw half of it, then attach this stencil to the other half and outline this part of the face.
In this case, the craftswoman decided to make two masks on one blank, one face will be sad European, and the second smiling oriental.
Now you need to transfer the paper template to one side of the mask. Using the chisel, begin to draw the facial features of this figure.
Then take coarse sandpaper and run it over the workpiece. Pay attention to the fact that with this treatment the face remains symmetrical. Make your eyes more expressive. To do this, you need to cut through their contours using a thin semicircular chisel. After that, sand this part first with coarse sandpaper, then use a fine one.
To complement the African style in the interior with such a picturesque work, decorate it with brass elements. To do this, you need to make a depression with a thin drill to make it look like a ring. The rest of the holes will be pinned. Attach brass elements with epoxy glue. It is mixed with a hardener and a little wood dust that you have left over from work. Mix these ingredients with a screwdriver. Then, using this tool, transfer the resulting glue into the holes made, and take the brass blanks with tweezers and lower them into the prepared place.
After a day, the glue will dry. But while this is happening, you can use the remnants of the glue for another purpose. Cover cracks and crevices with it.
And when the glue is completely dry, then go over it with fine sandpaper. Then remove the metal dust with an eraser.
Turn the work over to the opposite side, outline where you will fix the fasteners, determine the place for the metal workpiece. Make a recess with a drill to fix the metal part here.
Now finish your work with varnish or wax, but dust off first. When the varnish is dry, you need to polish it with sandpaper. After that, you will cover the work with a second coat of varnish. When it is dry, you can install the fasteners and fix the work in the chosen place.
The kids will be happy to decorate the room in African style with their parents. Show them the intricacies of the next craft. It will be able to be made by children from 5 years old.
Panel "African Savannah" for DIY interior decor
If you want a panel to hang on one of the walls, reminiscent of this southern country, then take:
You must first draw the figurines of the animals of Africa on a piece of paper, and then attach the templates to the foil. Circle them with a non-writing pen and cut them out.
Decorate these animals with felt-tip pens, then take a cotton pad and rub these paints to get an interesting effect. To add texture to the crocodiles, place the crocodiles on the grater and press down.
This way you will make crocodiles. And to get scales for fish, you will need to take the other side of the grater, which resembles this drawing.
Decorate the birds with a non-writing pen to give them texture. It remains to draw eyes to all these characters. Now take paper and use a pencil to divide it into thirds. Thus, a part of the sky, water, earth should be obtained. Draw the water first. To do this, you need to wet the selected area with a brush, then cover it with paint. Then cover the surface with salt. It will absorb the liquid and make bubbles like this.
Now let's take care of the sky. To do this, also take a wide brush, moisten it with water and draw with this tool along the horizon. Dampen the strip with blue paint and then brush over here again with a brush with water.
In order for the African-style interior to be replenished with such interesting work, it will be necessary to make the earth. To do this, drip brown paint on the remaining part, having previously moistened the sheet with water. Then you will need to make a few yellow drops to make the flowers. It remains to draw green stems to them.
To make trees, take a piece of sponge and use scissors to shape it like this so that there is a triangular seal at the top. The figure will become pointed.
Drop some brown paint here, and then start leaning the seal on the selected area to make tree trunks.
Make another stamp from another piece of sponge. Its working surface is smaller. Brush the top of this blank with green paint to create palm leaves. Attach four of these patterns to the top of each trunk.
Then take the prepared animals, glue them in place. In this case, crocodiles will be on the ground and in the water, the fish will be in the reservoir, and the birds will be on the trees.
In order not to straighten the texture of animals, apply glue not to the figures of animals, but to the surface of the sheet where you will glue them.
Here is the African-style panel.
Take:
For such work, you will need a welding machine. With it, you need to fasten the rods to make a pyramid. But if you have where to get such a metal blank, then use it. After that, this pyramid must be greased with glue, then tightly wind the twine around it. As a result, the metal hidden under this rope should not be visible.
To take the African lamp further, take your acrylic fabric paints and start covering the string with them. First, use a beige and red shade, then use a brown one. When this part of the lamp is dry, cover it with gloss black varnish.
Now stretch the silk fabric over the base, place tracing paper with the selected pattern under it and pin it with pins. Start painting the background of the product first. Then cover the designated characters with brighter paint.
When the paint is dry, take a thin brush and start sketching out the finer details. Then cover the work with wax. Tint the background of the men with black.
Now you need to remove the fabric from the frame and start breaking it. As a result, you will get cracks, while you will use the so-called craquelure technique. Please note that the wax must not peel off the silk. It will only break slightly.
Now place some plastic wrap on your work surface and use a wide brush to start applying the black and brown shades of paint. And you will blot the excess with a napkin. As a result, the paint will enter the cracks, what you soaked in wax will remain unpainted.
After 2 hours, the work will dry, then remove the wax from it. To do this, put newspapers on top and bottom of the canvas, start ironing with an iron. The wax will be absorbed into the paper. This is how the lamp case will turn out at this stage.
Now attach the resulting silk triangles from the inside to the metal parts of the lamp. To do this, you need to glue them with textile glue, after which you sew these blanks to the twine with thread. When doing this, stretch the fabric as much as possible.
Now you will need to take the cartridge and screw the light bulb here. Attach this base to the three edges of the lamp base.
More African-style interior ideas
Now you can arrange these accessories in places, and hang African masks. Various pictures on this topic will also be appropriate. You can paint them yourself and then place them in a cardboard frame that you paint in advance.
Don't forget textiles. He plays an important role. You can use the fabric of the desired color, sew decorative pillowcases on the pillows. It would also be good to place wicker furniture in the resting place. It is lightweight and will add a natural style to the room. Wicker vases will also be appropriate here. And the bed can be made with a soft African-patterned blanket. In such a room there are few items, but there is everything you need for relaxation.
You can also make other photo frames. Connect 4 boards, place the photo in a small frame and bind it to the base you just created using thread. And, using a stencil, you can paint on the wall such a landscape so that it looks like a giraffe. make photo frames with your own hands.
If you wish, you can create a similar embossed part from decorative plaster. You can combine two types of wall painting. Glue the picture with zebras, and you will make the rest of these animals using a stencil. Plant southern plants here using African-style flower pots.
Make a pattern on the wall that looks like the cracked soil of Africa. Hang your own hand-painted masks and plates on it. A low table, a classic sofa and a small amount of greenery will complete the picture, as will an African-patterned rug.
The following African-style interior photo also demonstrates. You can use a drawing not only for coloring a giraffe, but also a zebra. It is not difficult to buy such fabric in order to create a decorative pillowcase later. Make a few pieces and lay them out at the resting place.
And if you want to update your lamp, then also use fabric for its African-style lampshade. You can put a bag here, put a couple of figurines, and the necessary picture is recreated.
And if you take a stencil, then you can decorate an old cabinet. Paint it so that you get the zebra cover. Help create the same pattern.
As you can see, in the following photo of the African-style interior, you can see that the drapery for the chair is made as if it were a drawing of a cheetah skin. In addition to this accessory, you can hang a picture of these graceful animals on the wall.
TT Now watch another master class with step-by-step photos included.
How to make an African style floor vase?
The basis of this masterpiece is a reel on which linoleum or carpet is wound. This can be requested in a specialty store when this item is free. To make an African style floor vase, you will need:
After you have managed to get the linoleum reel, you need to saw off a piece of pipe 70 cm high from it. From above, this cut is made a little obliquely. Cut the bottom out of hardboard slightly larger than the diameter of the pipe. But first you need to cover the bobbin with an impregnation designed for woodworking. Spread several layers inside and out. Then you need to glue the bottom of the hardboard and wait a day for the workpiece to dry completely. For fastening, use Moment glue for polystyrene.
To further make a vase with your own hands in an African style, pour a little gypsum into a dry putty, mix and add water and a little PVA. As a result, you should get a thick solution, which you can apply directly to the cardboard blank with your hands. Wipe off excess moisture with a cloth.
Take a knife, a palette knife, if you have one. And now, with the help of these tools, make bundles, create the shape of the ropes, which are twisted together.
Now you need to be patient, since this mass will dry for a week. After that, you can take napkins with the desired motives, separate the top layer from them and stick on the vase. Here the craftswoman used napkins with images of African women. On top of this third layer, she attached a second layer. Where it was necessary to frame the ornament, the craftswoman laid bundles from the original mixture on the basis of putty.
When all this dried up, it was necessary to prime the surface. If you need it somewhere, glue more napkins. Leopard print was used here. Then you can walk in some places with acrylic paints. When they are dry, it remains to fix all this with varnish.
The female figures here were covered with PVA craquelure. The craftswoman applied a pair of craquelure 753-754 to create small cracks. They need to be wiped with gold pigment and varnish applied here. And to make large cracks, a pair of craquelure 739-740 was used.
You will make a picturesque vase if you then decorate it with leaves as well. To do this, you need to take cold porcelain, roll it into a layer. You will also need a leaflet template. Place a stencil on top of such a porcelain blank, circle this template with a pin. Also, using a pin, you will make veins here to make the leaves look realistic. If you have petal molds then use them.
To make an African-style vase further, attach these leaves on it, and then paint this creation with gold paint.
It remains to go through the figures with contours to add touches here.
To make this thing shiny not only on the outside, but also on the inside, take a stick, wrap foam rubber around it and cover the floor vase with varnish on the inside. When all these solutions are dry, it will be possible to put such a beautiful thing in the most conspicuous place. It will complement the interior in African style. The following work will also help this, for such a master class you will need an ordinary glass container.
Decoupage bottles in African style with your own hands
The craquelure technique is also used here, so it will seem like an antique thing. But here you will use the shell, and the cracks between these elements will help to achieve this effect.
First you need to degrease the bottle using dishwashing detergent or alcohol.
Instead of a bottle, you can take any glass container, cup, glass, or a simple vase.
Take glue, lubricate a small area with it and start attaching the pre-crushed shell. Help yourself with this with a toothpick.
After filling in a small area, continue to work your way up and decorate the glass container further. When you are done with these stages of work, then cover the top of the shell with a brush and PVA glue. On top, after the first layer has dried, carry the second and let it dry as well.
This way you can decorate the section of the bottle when you do it in this style. But you will need to degrease this container, then add yellow or other pigment to the white paint, stir and cover the bottle with this solution with foam rubber. When the first layer is dry, paint the container a second time in the same way.
To further make a vase in African style, select your favorite drawings on this topic. To do this, use napkins. Cut out the images, place the first one on the file soaked in water, and carefully transfer it to the area of the bottle.
Thus, glue all the fragments. After that, carefully go over the drawings with PVA glue diluted in water. And then you attach the selected pieces of the shell here. Do not forget that these blanks must be dried and peeled from the film.
Then you need to cover the bottle with another layer of the chosen paint.
Once this finish is dry, you will need to decorate the egg mosaic with a darker paint. To do this, also use foam sponges that you can make yourself.
After this layer has dried, it remains to cover your creation with several coats of varnish. When it dries, it remains to tie the bottle with twine, after which the African-style decoupage is over.
You do not have to cut out small fragments of the napkin, but glue it almost completely, as is done in the next master class. To make such a bottle, you need to use a napkin with a suitable pattern and use it.
Then the African interior will be replenished with another magnificent item.
Also, first degrease the bottle and apply first one, then the second coat of white paint. After that, mark with a pencil exactly where you will stick part of the napkin. After that, glue pieces of shells on the selected places to artificially age this thing.
Cut out parts of the napkin, glue them, place the eggshell around. You can take not only white shells, but also beige and eggs. After all, at the end of the work, you will paint your masterpiece in the desired color. First you need to paint the shell with white paint. When it's dry, go over the top with a brown one. Then these cracks will contrast well with the main background.
Another African-themed item will appear in your home. In conclusion, you can take a look at how else you can decorate the room in order to mentally find yourself in this hot country.
How to make a mask in African style, the video will clearly show.
And how to decorate a bottle using this technique, you will learn from the second plot.
Now, after studying the master class and watching a video on this topic, you can decorate the room in African style. And if you want to make such a piece of clothing, then see how to make beads in the style of this hot country.
