Is it art?

After a too relaxed Christmas and New Year...     Building work and various school commitments  have meant not a lot of creativity.  It also doesn't help that my craft things are all packed in various nooks and crannies all over the house due to the above mentioned building work.  I finally managed to do something arty!!!!!  Yeah...  It was a complete accident.  The windows that have been removed to make way for Bi fold patio doors  have been burned on the woodburner to keep the room warm.  Whilst cleaning out the grate on Wednesday I pulled various screws, nails and bits of burned metal work.  Putting them on the fire place one looked like a 'r' another like an uncrossed 't'.  Two Bolts an 'a'.  I managed to make the word art. So I looked further.  two 'i's a sort of S shape....  Could I spell 'Is it art?'  ?   Yes I could. 

Excitement. Where are the blank canvases?  Ah yest.  Upstairs I go.  I find them first look.   The first canvas I tried wouldn't hold all the words.  The second perfect.  But white..  too stark...  Where were the Tim Holtz masks and the cosmic shimmer?  Plastic drawers.  Got them.  Off we go! 

I decide on the barbed wire mask the rail and a swirl.  The Golden Mint Cosmic Shimmer is the only bottle which still sprays.  So I start spraying that first.  The Lava Red is in another spray bottle and comes out a bit quicker than I want it too.But I am liking.    Silver is jammed up completely.  The the blue I apply by dropping it in splodges and sponging.  I let that dry...  Now the best bit.  Heat up the glue gun.  I start to apply the metal work.  The glue is just not sticking very well.  What do I do?  Hi Tack PVA?  That has worked.  It isn't the most secure at the moment.  I have some Invisible thread and some wire....  I need to secure it.  I am going to try burn the wire in the grate for a while to distress it.  I Don't want it shiny as It will detract from the distressed look  on the metal work which I love. 

I am pleased with the finished result so far.  I have one or two bits still to add. 

The block is lifted...  Roll on next project....