Tattooed Plaster Hands

Make tattooed plaster hands to display your jewelry

Posted by Mark Montano

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I finally made plaster hands using yellow rubber dishwashing gloves and then embellished them in Fornasetti style.

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You Will Need (11 things)

  • Clip art
  • Staple Gun
  • Scrap Wood
  • Rubber dishwashing Glove
  • Paintbrushes
  • Americana Mluti Surface Satin Paints
  • E-6000 Spray Adhesive
  • Jigsaw
  • Drill
  • Minwax Polycrylic
  • Plaster Of Paris

Steps (5 steps, 120 minutes)

  1. 1

    Plaster of Paris
    Minwax Polycrylic
    Clip art images
    E-6000 Spray Adhesive
    Americana Multi-Surface Satin Paint in Cottonball
    Drill
    Jigsaw
    Staple gun
    Rubber gloves
    Paintbrushes

  2. 2

    Draw a 3" diameter circle on the scrap wood
    Drill a hole on the circle's edge so that you can insert the jigsaw blade
    Cut out the circle with the jigsaw
    Staple the rim of the rubber glove to the cut out hole

  3. 3

    Fill the matching glove with water and pour it in a mixing bowl
    Add the plaster until it is the consistency of pancake batter
    Pour it in the glove, squeeze out any bubbles, and let dry overnight
    Cut out the clip art images

  4. 4

    Watch the video tutorial here:

  5. 5

    Remove the plaster hand from the rubber glove *You'll have to cut it off
    Paint the plaster hand with the Americana Multi-Surface Satin in Cottonball (white)
    Spray the images with the E-6000 Spray Adhesive
    *Clip around the images so that they lay flat on the curved areas of the hand
    Coat everything with Minwax Polycrylic and let dry