I was interested in creating opals and geodes as my response to The Kick-About’s theme of iridescence, so wrapped big spoonfuls of wet filler in bags of clingfilm and suspended them to dry over night.
The next day, I unpeeled the foodwrap, leaving me with this array of organic, orb-ish forms. I went about using some pearlescent acrylic paints to build up the colours on the surface of the ‘rock forms’ and had lots of fun applying wash after wash until I got someway close to what I’d been imagining. Ultimately, they look a bit ‘science-fiction’ and not entirely ‘mineral’ – more like alien eggs or pods.
Red's Kingdom 
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