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Copper Tape over Burned Wood 

By
Trailblazers
Paper Arts & Multi Media Team Designer & Webmaster   

Supplies: 

•Rubber Stamp(s) (optional)
•StāzOn Jet Black Ink (Tsukineko)
•Wooden Cross (got mine on sale for $1.49 @ Michael’s last year)
•12” x 12” copper tape sheet – stained glass supply (ameriglass.com)
•Versa-Tool or other wood burning tool
•Sharpie
•Speedball Super Black India Ink
•Paint Brush
•Bone Folder
•Scissor
•Embossing Stylus or ball-point pen with no ink
•Steel wool 

Instructions: 

1.      Draw your design on the cross with the Sharpie or stamp with the StāzOn.  I did both – I drew the outer and edge designs with my Sharpie marker and the center design is stamped.

2.      Burn the designs in to the wood deeply with the Versa-Tool or other wood burning tool. 

3.      Peel the backing off of the copper tape sheet.  Center the cross on the the tape.  You want the burned side of the cross against the adhesive backing of the copper. 

4.      Starting from the center of the design, use your embossing tool to gently press the tape down into the burned designs.  Go a little at a time into the deeper burns – the tape will stretch if you go slower.  Press too hard too fast and it will rip.

5.      Use the bone folder to press the tape down – again, working from the center outward.  I went back and forth between tools a few times.

6.      I cut at an angle from the outer edges of the tape toward the inside corners of the cross.  Help the copper tape around the edges with the bone folder.  Before pressing the very inside corner pieces down, though, cut off some of the excess and insert where you see blank spots will appear.  The tape should fold around to the back, but not necessarily completely cover the back.

7.      Once you have the copper tape embossed into the burns well and burnished  down securely on the sides and back, paint the India Ink down into the designs – it will not seem like it’s going to stick really well at first, but keep working.  Cover the entire piece if you’d like.  The more you put on, the more you’ll have to work off, but it will appear more distressed.  Allow to dry.

8.      Using the steel wool, buff off the excess ink.  If you take too much ink off of an area, reapply, let dry and buff again. 

 J

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