Star Ceiling - Pretend you're sleeping under the stars with the Fellowship

[budgielover.livejournal.com]

Budgie's Hobby No. 1

I tried to take a photo of my bedroom star ceiling with my digital camera, and decided that a professional would need to do it. The stars just wouldn't show up on my little Kodak. Alternatively, I copied some photos off star ceiling sites on the Internet. This isn't my bedroom (unfortunately) but you can see what a star ceiling is.

This is what you see during the day:


And this is what you see when the lights are out:


I used to paint murals but switched to painting star ceilings about four years ago. It is hard, back-breaking work but so, so satisfying. The paint is a special glow-in-the dark paint which is very expensive. You 'charge' the ceiling using natural or artifical light, and the glow slowly fades, fading completely with the dawn. It is so relaxing and calming. The astonishing thing is it looks so real.

Comments

[shirebound]

*gasp* How wonderful!

*wants*

[budgielover.livejournal.com]

I could be bribed, you know... *grins*

[dreamflower]

That is just amazingly beautiful! That glow-in-the-dark stuff lasts for *years*, too!

It's just gorgeous!

[budgielover.livejournal.com]

I forgot to mention that, yes, thank you. I know of one star ceiling done 25 years ago (not by me) that shows no fading or deterioriation of the paint at all. I use a special paint which is horribly expensive, but it is the best.

I promised several people I would tell them how to do this, so I'll be posting an instruction sheet here. Anyone can do it, as long as they are pretty fit and can stand a little pain *wink*

What a good idea this community is!

[dreamflower]

Well, you know the little glow-in-the-dark sticker stars? We put some on our son's ceiling about 28 years ago, and they *still* glowed up until we painted over them last year.

I think directions would be splendid! And I love the idea of you doing a "Moria-gate" like that!

[kelbebop.livejournal.com]

Beautiful! That is amazing!

[budgielover.livejournal.com]

Thank you! It doesn't take genuine talent like your magnificent costumes, but anyone can do it with a little practice. I think after I post the instructions, there will be a whole crop of star ceilings turning up!

[lame-pegasus.livejournal.com]

How very true - this looks as if you were indeed sleeping under the stars (beside the fact that you have a very nice bedroom!), and there's even a shooting star! Wonderful.

[danachan.livejournal.com]

I really, really, really want that on my ceiling. Thanks for posting this, even if it isn't your own room (gosh, I wish it was my room). It still makes me want to get that done on my ceiling.

[periantari.livejournal.com]

Wow that's really cool! =)

[rabidsamfan.livejournal.com]

I have wanted a ceiling like that since I was nine years old...

*drool*