Lo-Fi Découpage with MDF clock-faces and Quartz Clock Mechanisms

2024-08-08 | By Kitronik Maker

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Guide by Kitronik Maker

Découpage, according to Prima (link), is a craft which “involves cutting out ‎pictures, gluing them to an object and then coating the pictures and the object with ‎layers of varnish.”‎

This is a wonderfully simple craft from Emma that only requires the item you’re ‎decorating, some glue, and some paper, whether that be some you’ve printed ‎yourself, some pre-printed découpage paper, or even newspaper as we have used!‎

We used:‎

• MDF Clock Face
• Short Spindle Quart Clock Mechanism
• Short Hands for Quartz Clock Movement
• Just add - Newspaper, PVA Glue.‎‎

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STEP 1 - CHOOSING PAPER:‎

Start by choosing your paper. We’ve used a newspaper and cut out larger images ‎for the background and as many significantly sized numbers as we can find.‎

STEP 2 - GLUEING:‎

Grab your MDF clock face and your PVA and start pasting! It can be beneficial to ‎plan out your design first by just laying the paper on and even taking a photo so ‎that you can compare different alignments.‎

STEP 3 - PROTECTIVE VARNISH:‎

Allow the PVA to dry, and then apply a layer over the top of the paper in order to ‎act as a protective “varnish” to protect the paper.‎

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STEP 4 - ADD THE MOVEMENT AND TEST:‎

Once the top layer of PVA is dry, you can insert the short spindle clock movement. ‎Then you’re done!‎

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