I've wanted one of these for ages but the commercial ones are horribly expensive and I'm not that much into mass produced gothic resin either. I'm a believer that tools should be beautiful objects in their own right and should be hand made wherever possible by me.
So back to the mirror.
All you need is a picture or photo frame of your choice and some matt black paint.
Secondhand ones from charity shops are very cheap or you may already have one. Although normally I would "recycle" an old one I chose to buy a new one for this exercise ( for various reasons) but it was half price in a clearance sale and a nice oakwood frame.
The first task is to disassemble the frame and remove the glass.
The first task is to disassemble the frame and remove the glass.
I painted one side of the glass with matt black spray paint and after some thought decided to paint the frame black too. It tool several coats but I ended up with this.
The essential thing when reassembling is to have the painted surface at the back and the unpainted shiny side of the glass on the outside.
You can see how reflective this is.
If you like plain and simple the mirror is done!
I wanted to add some decoration and some symbolisation that is personal to me. I decided I wanted a woodland theme with ivy creeping around the mirror but the possibilities are endless. I might do another one with shells and seaweed.
I collected the items I wanted to use together to see what worked. The ivy is silk but the rest are all berries) and nuts that I've harvested and dried.
