Sharing my passion for handcrafted jewelry, paper making, and living a creative life.

Thursday, August 12, 2010

Playing with Fire

I am learning very quickly that encaustic is not an easy medium to master.  But it sure is exciting!  These two very different pieces each started out as sunsets.  They each changed direction dramatically after about 5 minutes.


Encaustic Collage ACEO - 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" - Dousing the Flame


Encaustic collage 8x10 on cradled board - Dream

Posted by at
Labels: , , ,

4 comments:

  1. Amanda Fall - Sprout editorAugust 12, 2010 at 8:07 PM

    Oh my goodness, that first one is so ALIVE. I love the fluid movement.

    ReplyDelete
  2. whyteAugust 13, 2010 at 3:08 AM

    That will be the fun in the learning and experimentation then, sounds like a great medium to try! Wow, like opening a present in layers, little by little!

    ReplyDelete
  3. UnknownAugust 13, 2010 at 9:03 AM

    Love the soft fluid look!

    ReplyDelete
  4. studio pashnadaAugust 13, 2010 at 5:49 PM

    wow! loving these. do you use a heat gun or torch or iron or???

    ReplyDelete

Thank you for taking the time to leave comments. It means a lot to me.

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)