But not too far
We are now South of Town just past 5 Mile Creek
living on the Prawn Farm
In a lovely house on stilts
I have a vegie garden happening
and even a few indigo seeds
planted in the end boxes
From the balcony I can see
the feed sheds
where there is activity
day and night
The other side we can see ponds in the distance
and more ponds straight ahead
I hear then more than see them
as the aerators are always on
like a series of demented
water fountains
endlessly swishing away
I do have an indoor studio
Happy Days
With aircon
which is a must
Just the one bench height table
which Dan made me from bits lying about the place
and work is happening
this is a series of small works
on rabbitskin glue gessoed
watercolour paper
I am working in Cold wax and oil paint
which I make myself
using only natural pigments
Things have progressed a little
I had a little bit each day
which is why they are
taped to a piece of
cement sheet so i can remove them to do other things
These are part of a series
prompted by the
so I have quite a few to go
These are getting some nice scribbly marks
and these are some of the finished pieces
already available in my
Etsy Shop
They will all be very loosely based on concepts of time
Which is on my mind alot
in this year since my daughter
passed away
x te
6 comments:
looks like a good quiet work space Trace!
HI Trace
Am enjoying your gorgeous blog.
Can you describe to us your makings of cold wax medium?
Hi Jacqui, Glad you are enjoying the blog. I use a 50-50 mix for my cold wax medium. I melt beeswax and thenpour it into a glass jar to half full and then fill with Pure Gum Turpentine (not mineral Turps)and mix well. Leave to cool and it is ready to use.
Thanks for replying. I live in NZ, not sure if gum turps is available here! Any other suggestions that I could use?
I just found suppliers in nz of pine turps, do you think that would work?
Pine Turps is most likely what you are looking for. Just check to make sure it is the sap from the Turpentine Pine Tree, which is a natural product.
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