Marks on Wax, Samples

I have been sorting through my vast collection of samples

and thought I might just share them

They are all started with a little clear wax 

on water colour paper

Some also have some indigo wax

made by dissolving natural indigo powder

straight into the molten clear wax

It is often difficult to make marks directly onto the wax

So I make them onto a sheet of tracing paper

(you can use other paper)

then place it mark side down on the cool wax

and burnish well

This coloured charcoal pencils

Ordinary Bic Biro/Ball point pen

Graphite Stick

Indian Ink applied direct

Charcoal

A carbon paper transfer

This is a small piece of Chinese Joss Paper

placed on the wax burnished well

then wet throughly

and then gently rub off the paper backing

and last copper leaf applied to a raised area of wax

I hope someone benefits

from my samples

More soon

x te

Old Linen on Old Wax

4 small works

10 x 10 cm

on ply wood

$10 ea + postage

A & B

C & D

These came back from a gallery

they have had a revamp

and are now on sale

x te

Open Studio

This is the cover of the sample book
I have been working on

It is composed prinicaply of teabags
and a semi transparent paper I have
Fully transparent when covered in wax

I am exploring different ways of working with them

Some are fully covered with the teabag and some only partially

Some feature Xanthorrhoea Resn

each has the page cut out behind them
so I can see the light coming through

Stitch

As I am working on a series
that will be framed in old bee frames

I love the detail

when I view them
placed in front of a window

But the detail changes
when the light is removed

Giving a whole different look at night

The reason for all this activity
is the upcoming
Great Southern Art Trail
for which I will be opening my
studio to the public
More details shortly

Above pigments and resin
ready for sale

 

In The Studio

Thought some of you might be interested in what I have been up to lately

These were done last weekend

They are cradled pine boards which Dan made for me

I have applied a premix plaster

which is totally natural

and then added milk paints

this week I added wax, oil stick,

 home made oil paint (indigo, lac, cochineal)

and pigment

before

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only an after!!

but if you look at the top picture

you can see it on the upper right

such fun I had

x te

Weekend Happenings

The Eagle-Eyed Scouts amongst you

 may have noticed a new listing

on the side bar

under Pieces of Me

which lists where my art works can be found

in the real world

This isa lovely gallery in my town of

Denmark in Western Australia

called

Ulyquin Jewellery and Art Gallery

located in the Denmark Visitors Centre

and they are now stocking me.

I popped in on my way home on Friday

to take a picture of the display

Impressive!!!!

And this a not very good photo

of my output at home on the weekend.

Sticking with just thread, white wax,

 lamp black oil stick and handmade indigo oil paint

it is amazing what you can do

though perhaps the fact that

I am working over old work

is a helpful underbase.

And now I am back in town

for another week of

preparing workshop samples.

x te

Egg on paper and wax fun

These are a couple of the pages of watercolour paper that I use to brush the egg onto my leaves as you can see when popped into the dye pot they come up beautifully. After a good drying and a few days of curing I have now covered them in hot wax and used them as book covers which have waxwd handmade pages.

And this is a first wax piece exploring excavation. The toxic yellow is an example of why not to use zinc white in this instance.

And this is the end result with just a little yellow now covered with titanium white.

A little display

and this one has excavation on one side a strip of handmade paper down the centre and some nice scratching on the right.

I am having so much fun with the online wax class with Judy Wise, there is a link on my sidebar for anyone wanting to check it out.

x te