This beeing my third year at #Encausticamp…… OMG I'm a lifer! YES, I can say that now with ease. This medium has kissed me like a vampire and gotten under my skin….. I'm addicted to: the wax, heat gun and board. Why you ask? It's the scent of warm wonderful beeswax that first intoxicated me, then the versatility: tar me, dye me, scrape me, score me, rub me….. and I keep asking for more… (WE ARE TALKING THE WAX: ENCAUSTICS) took control of me, I can never get enough…. just anyone at camp…. it's just the bees knees!
I Submerged myself in two days of SUE STOVER - SURFACE DESIGN AND ENCAUSTICS…. using silk fabrics, wax medium, discharge paste, and dye….. we had waaaay to much fun…. here are some of the results...
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| ice cube tray palette ready to paint on the silk fabric |
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| demo making your own stencils with acetate |
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| bottle caps and sunlight to make a pattern |
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| painting on the silk |
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| painting on the discharge paste |
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| Sue demoing the jaunting tool |
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| TaDa…. my silk is fused on to my board and finished! |
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| close up! |
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| proud student with a master piece to be framed |
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| playing with wax makes you smile |
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| student absorbed in her waxy creation |
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| delicious pigmented wax warming for the right brush stroke |
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Bathing beauties
Batik stamps made from wood blocks, cotton rope and wood glue
warm and fragrant, just waiting to be used |
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| finished boards with discharge paste silk designs |
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| fusing between layers |
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| Bee U tea ful friends |
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| Till I'lll Bee Buzzing Bye…. |
Looks like great fun...thanks for sharing :)
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ReplyDeleteGreat pix of you and Kristina.
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