If you find yourself in an art gallery, you most likely will not find paintings covered in glitter. I can't tell you that I know why, but that doesn't stop it from being pretty. There are a lot of reasons for this. Glitter, while it's stunning, can be quite a bit messy. Perhaps this is why artists don't put glitter art in galleries. In order to actually make art with a lot of sparkles, you have to be willing to deal with it. If you get it anywhere other than where you wanted it to go, you'll be finding it for days, months, or even years after that. It's quite a mess of ridiculousness, but I will tell you one thing, it's beautiful. I have a weakness for anything that shines.
Let's talk about twinkling stuff for a moment. You can find it in almost every craft store. Just please do me a favour and don't open it while you're in the store. Anyone who works there will be furious. But this doesn't mean that you can't purchase it and have it explode somewhere else, right? While glitter can be incredibly beautiful, you can also make it incredibly chaotic.
Very recently, I found myself in a sticky situation with someone that meant a lot to me. As an act of anger, my first instinct was to send him glitter, knowing full well that he hates it. After some extensive research, I found some very amusing ways to give him glitter, without him even realizing it. The best way to do this is to buy as much glitter as you think you can fit in the box. Spring load it into said box, and when they open it up, the glitter explodes everywhere, and you've got yourself a glitter bomb. Evil, right?
I'm not a really evil person, I promise, but when you know someone hates it, and you just want revenge, why not? They'll be pretty forever. All exploding glitter aside, you can actually create a lot of really beautiful art with it. However, you've got to make sure that you use the right kind of product to make it stick. I tend to go with the muggle product Modge Podge. You use it like paint and just paint it on the bottom and on the top. Depending on the type of craft you're making, it can make your glitter dull, but it'll keep the glitter from actually going anywhere and getting trapped in your carpet forever.
You can use glitter and make cups, decorative ornaments for the holidays, spice up your house and anything in it, just remember the consequences. Don't start a glitter project that you're not willing to finish. If you wake up the next morning questioning all of your life choices about why your entire house is covered in flakes of glitter, don't say I didn't warn you.
Stay artsy, friends!
- Aria