Circus Acts
9" x 15"
by Opie and Linda O'Brien
North Perry Village, OH
Somerset Studio - Sept/Oct '02

Opie and Linda painted a wooden box with Lumiere paint and highlighted it with encaustic wax.

Using miniature hex nuts, attach a clown image from a vintage tin rattle.

A “We want circus acts” wood block with upholstery names and brass filigree from an antique candle holder.

A 1920s lead toy clown.

They embossed cirque on aluminum.

Mardi Gras doubloons nailed onto antique tart tins.

Opie and Linda attached an enlarged vintage postcard varnished with two coats of matte varnish to the inside of the box.

Opie and Linda attached a postcard leather transfer and clown printing block on a brass pipe over a dowel.

They used antique brass feet