Bas-reliefs have been used since ancient times to decorate various kinds of products and structures. Today, similar decor elements have found application in a wide variety of areas.
bas-relief on the wall with his hands
Bas-relief in the interior
Article Contents
- 1 Bas-relief in the interior
- 2 general guide to creating bas
- 2.1 first step
- 2.2 second step
- 2.3 third step
- 2.4 fourth step
- 2.5 fifth step
- 3 Bason specific examples
- 3.1 "Lilies"
- 3.2 "Tulips"
- 3.3 Video - Bas-relief on the wall with your own hands
Application of bas-reliefs gives a fairly wide scope for interior design. For example, you can create a separate panel in the form of a picture to decorate an empty wall.
Bas-relief on the wall with your own hands
Bas-reliefs are often used to decorate home fireplaces. The bas-relief combined with the original illumination creates a truly original picture - thanks to the backlight all the convexities of the image will be seen even more clearly.
The bas-reliefs are perfect for designing various types of apertures.
Bas-relief on the wall with your own hands
Unlike another popular variant of interior design - decorative painting - bas-reliefs do not need additional color allocation.
If there is no color highlighting, the volumetric drawing will be shown thanks to the play of light with properly arranged artificial lighting. Thus, the owner has the opportunity to create accents on the elements of the decor at a particular time that he needs - just turn on the lighting.
Bas-relief on the wall with your own hands
In addition to purely decorative functions, the bas-reliefs can also cope with various kinds of functional tasks. For example, volumetric decorating allows you to level uneven surfaces, decorate engineering communications, visually distort the space at the discretion of the owner, create smooth transitions between different functional areas.
Bas-relief on the wall with your own hands
The competent combination of a voluminous relief and decorative painting allows you to create truly original and incredible effects.
However, despite its many advantages, the bas-relief is not such a popular option for decorating rooms. The essence of the problem lies in the high cost of arranging such volume elements.
Bas-relief on the wall with your own hands
Uninformed people often make the mistake of believing that the bas-relief is a composite structure cast from gypsum. In reality, such decorating is arranged by hand and is inherently exclusive. Therefore, to arrange a beautiful bas-relief image will have to make a lot of effort, but with a strong desire with all the activities can be managed independently.
bas-relief on the wall with his hands
general guide to creating bas
for DIY create a bas-relief, you can use a variety of materials: gypsum plaster gypsum-based plaster, clay, etc. For beginners the easiest to work with plaster and plaster based on it..
Transfer image to film
First step
Assemble a box with low walls, which is more like a tray, from racks and plywood. In its overall dimensions, the box must correspond to the dimensions of the future relief plate - there the bas-relief will be created.
Instead of a box you can use other improvised tools, for example, a box of candy or a suitable frame that is glued to the glass with adhesive tape.
Making workpieces
Making workpieces
Making workpieces
Making workpieces
Second step
Lay the mold with polyethylene. Spread the film so that folds are missing or there are as few of them as possible.
Third step
Prepare the solution in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions and fill it into the mold.
If you plan to create an ornament with a high relief, insert a wire in the plate to further reinforce the future composition.
Apply to the wall filler
Create relief
Fourth step
Leave the mixture poured for the time of initial setting. This indicator is different for different materials, specify in a separate order.
Spread billets
Spread billets
Fifth step
Start creating a bas-relief. First you need to apply a contour of the created decorative ornament to the plate, and then start to increase the volume inside the designed contour from the newly prepared mixture.
Extend the volume layer by layer, allowing each layer to harden a little.
Cover with film and draw contours
Cover with film and draw contours
Remove film
It is convenient to work with plaster - while the material is wet, you can get rid of its surplus without special efforts with a knife, and adjust the ornament with chisel and incisors for woodworking.
In addition, not completely dried material is simply sanded. It is much more difficult to perform the necessary treatment of the hardened surface.
Layer by layer, we apply the material to the wall, forming the bas-relief
Layer after layer, we put the material on the wall, forming the bas-relief
Layer after layer we put the material on the wall, forming the bas-relief
Layer after layer we put the material on the wall, forming the bas-relief
Layer after layer we put the materialon the wall, forming the bas-relief
We spread out additional elements of the
from the plaster. We paint the
. If you plan to create an in-depth image, you can solve the problem in two ways.
- The background layer is built around the image, as a result of which the elements of the ornament appear in some deepening. Finally, the background plane is ground.
- Images are buried by sampling some amount of base material with the chisels and incisors already familiar to you.
Bas-relief on specific examples
Sketch
To make the process of creating a bas-relief more understandable, it is necessary to consider the procedure for arranging such decor on specific examples. Your attention is offered two most popular variants - "lilies" and "tulips".Having mastered the order of their arrangement, you can cope with the creation of decorative bas-reliefs of almost any complexity.
"Lilies"
Bas-relief "Lily"
The first step. Protect the decorated base by gluing the necessary space with a paint tape.
The second step. Cover the base with a putty, let it dry and apply a primer. It is best to use paint primer. This composition is noteworthy in that, after drying, the grains of the mixture remain on the base. Due to the roughness created, subsequent layers of finishing are held as firmly as possible. On average, the primer paint dries within 2-3 hours.
The third step. Using a trowel, apply a starting layer of Marseilles wax on the surface. This material freezes fairly quickly, on average for 3-4 hours at room temperature.
Creating a bas-relief
The fourth step. Open the film and draw the details of the bas-relief. To do this, you need to fix the transparent polyethylene film on top of the working surface for its entire length and width. The lower edge, at the same time, you do not need to fix it - you should remain free to bend it.
Creating a bas-relief
The fifth step. Marker put on a polyethylene film a sketch of future "lilies" - stems, leaves, buds.
Creating a bas-relief
Creating a bas-relief
The sixth step. After completing the sketch, proceed to apply the Marseilles wax under the polyethylene film in accordance with the sketch. First use a trowel and then a palette knife.
Marseilles wax
Knifes
The Marseille wax used is white. To make the created decor more visible, cover the finish with the appropriate composition. For example, you can use water that is slightly colored with a mackerel. Such formulations can only be applied to a dried surface.
After the tint, you will see once in which places the material of decoration needs to give out the outlines of stems, flowers, etc.
Bas-relief "Lilies"
Your task is to make the planned bas-relief as realistic and appropriate a sketch as possible. On this you will take a very long time, so do not rush to finish everything as quickly as possible. Work carefully, thoughtfully and gradually.
Painted carved bas-relief
After giving the bas-relief the desired shape, allow the composition to freeze and proceed to applying the second layer of decorative finish - acrylic paint of the desired color.
Prepare the paint according to the manufacturer's instructions. On average, these paint and varnish compositions dry for 5-8 hours. Specify the exact time in the description of the paint used.
In the end, you will have to finish the finishing coat - otochento or another composition with similar properties. Armed with a wide brush, apply otochento double layer on the entire area of the decorated wall. The second layer can be applied only after the first one has dried. On average, it takes 1-3 hours. You must carefully paint each element of the composition.
To give the composition additional visual volume and expressiveness, apply white otochento on separate parts of the bas-relief.
"Tulips"
Sculptural bas-relief Tulip
Preparation and directly work on the creation of "tulips" is performed according to the scheme already familiar to you, namely:
- is applied plaster and paint-primer;
- the first layer of Marseilles wax is applied;
- is adhered to the film;
- creates a sketch;
- directly applied to the bas-relief;
- surface is covered with paint and honed.
Bas-relief "Tulips"
The only individual recommendations can be given regarding the creation of tulips. To make flowers look smooth and realistic, form the buds by hand, and then additionally gently treat the surface with a slightly damp sponge.
Creating a bas-relief with your own hands is a rather complex, painstaking, time-consuming and time-consuming exercise. However, with a competent approach, you can give the interior of your home a unique look.
Successful work!
