A tiny bit about ENCAUSTIC - the ancient art using natural beeswax dates as far back as Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire, some 3000 years. Encaustic is taken from the Greek work enkaiein meaning to '"burn in". Heat is used throughout the process, from the actual melting of the beeswax medium to fusing each layer of wax onto the next layer. In ancient times, the making of wax paint was a slow and difficult process having to bring the beeswax into a molten state over charcoal fires.
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I AM A PROCESS PAINTER...
The process of heating and melting the wax, fusing each layer and sometimes adding a variety of elements to whatever I'm working on keeps the sparkle in my muses eye and the inspiration flowing. I particularly appreciate the adaptability of hot beeswax and, by building my own surfaces I am able to incorporate most things culled from my stash of collectibles aka 'fabulous junque' or re-found objects. Thus. the ability to create diverse specificities such as assemblage, sculptures, mobiles, pieces with interactive movable elements, jewelry, spirit boxes...all with beeswax simply floats my boat!!
For all intents and purposes, I must call myself a hunter cuz I love the thrill of the find... the browsing, the rummaging, the bidding, the sorting through and the gathering of old, vintage and unique materials to play with in my work such as those tiny watch parts and vintage watch faces, children's spectacles, porcelain castors, old paint brushes, long forgotten vials of pigments... handmade paper, fiber, rusty bits, photographs, wire... and the list is never ending.
The process of heating and melting the wax, fusing each layer and sometimes adding a variety of elements to whatever I'm working on keeps the sparkle in my muses eye and the inspiration flowing. I particularly appreciate the adaptability of hot beeswax and, by building my own surfaces I am able to incorporate most things culled from my stash of collectibles aka 'fabulous junque' or re-found objects. Thus. the ability to create diverse specificities such as assemblage, sculptures, mobiles, pieces with interactive movable elements, jewelry, spirit boxes...all with beeswax simply floats my boat!!
For all intents and purposes, I must call myself a hunter cuz I love the thrill of the find... the browsing, the rummaging, the bidding, the sorting through and the gathering of old, vintage and unique materials to play with in my work such as those tiny watch parts and vintage watch faces, children's spectacles, porcelain castors, old paint brushes, long forgotten vials of pigments... handmade paper, fiber, rusty bits, photographs, wire... and the list is never ending.
Below are close-up images of some of my Encaustic pieces