Recylcling Wooden Chips

While I was taking painting class I realized that the canvas had wooden chips that were put to waste. The idea sparked me a while back when I was looking for ideas to present a demonstration for my speech class. The following post would be about personalizing wooden chips.

Materials:
Canvas blocks (chips) or any recycling wood
Acrylic paint
Paint brush
Ideas or designs
Newspaper
Water

Depending on your style you may tweak the steps to cater to your needs. Also parental guidance and precaution is highly recommended for children. DO NOT TAKE SCRAPS OF WOOD, that can be dangerous especially for children. Make sure the wood that you do choose is smooth and lacks splinters.

Step 1: In a clear work space (I have a tendency to paint everywhere even in my bed, and thus my mother goes bonkers whenever I get paint on her sheets). Lay down a newspaper or scraps of paper over your work space.

Step 2: Choose your design. It must be easy enough to draw on your small wooden chips (unless you choose to paint on a larger block or plank. For experts you can also paint whatever you like of use an air brush and stencils.

Step 3: Coat your wooden plank or chip with acrylic paint (unless you prefer the woodsy theme) In my case, I chose a black coating for one piece and left the other piece without a coating. I didn't necessarily use full black but mixed a little green in there.

Step 4: After the first layer of coating is dry, paint another layer for a stronger coating. Let dry.

Step 5: Proceed with painting your design. I had two ideas for the black chip, I decided to draw a flower two colors: red and green. For the back side I used white for a calligraphy. For the plain wood chip, I decided to simply draw (or more like write) down a calligraphy with a black pen.

Step 6: Let dry and you're done.

Step 7: Clear space when your done with water, paper towels and discarding them in respectively. Clear away acrylic paint on your body especially away from children.

My finish products are seen below:

There is also something symbolic with the two designs. The black chip with the words BTS and my failed Korean calligraphy for the word "Army" is meant as a tribute to me and my friend's favorite Kpop idols BTS. The black over white background is the color scheme seen in the idol's 'bulletproof vest' (as they are called the bullet proof boy scouts). Although it is simply wooden chips I recycled from my canvas, it would make sense for my imagination to see it like a shield or a gun, an inside joke only the fans understand.

Well how did I do?

Cheers!