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Today we wanted to share with you the ancient technique used to create our Peruvian mirrors.
This is a pre-Hispanic handicraft, born in Cajamarca, Peru, a place inhabited by the Incas, whose characteristic is to cover objects with a metallic foil.
This technique is usually used in the decoration of boxes, mirrors, pendants and frames.
Materials:
* Glass
* Wood
* Design
* Gold foil
* Stained glass lacquer
* Blue metallic synthetic enamel
* Golden enamel
* Epoxy Putty
* Vinylic glue
* Fine brush
* Stylus with ink
* Scissors
Process:
1. Our design is placed under the glass and pressed against it with the stylus.
2. The glass is turned and the background is painted with blue enamel, leaving free the interior of the design.
3. Next step is to paint the flowers with stained glass lacquer, always by the back of the glass. Letting this dry.
4. Then we place the gold foil between the glass (with the painted part facing down) and the wood. Placing the two pieces together, is what will give the golden colour to the rest of the design. The paper is secured to the wood by gluing it with vinyl glue.
5. Now we are nearly done, so just need to prepare the epoxy putty and cover with it, evenly, the edge made of wood, gold paper and glass.
6. Once the edge is dry, we paint it with golden enamel.