Encaustic carving, (12 × 12 × 2 inches), wall hung
Materials: encaustic medium, photograph, paper, powdered pigment, birch panel, wood
Always drawn to the dappled purples that spot orchid petals, the process of carving and coloring these patterns becomes a labor of love and meditation. Those bits that make us unique must be handled with care as we appreciate the qualities in others and ourselves.
A macro photograph was printed onto archival paper, layered and fused repeatedly with 15 layers of encaustic medium, carved end-to-end and colored with powdered pigment before being mounted onto a birch panel that sits off the wall on which it is hung.
Encaustic carving, (12 × 12 × 2 inches), wall hung
Materials: encaustic medium, photograph, paper, powdered pigment, birch panel, wood
Always drawn to the dappled purples that spot orchid petals, the process of carving and coloring these patterns becomes a labor of love and meditation. Those bits that make us unique must be handled with care as we appreciate the qualities in others and ourselves.
A macro photograph was printed onto archival paper, layered and fused repeatedly with 15 layers of encaustic medium, carved end-to-end and colored with powdered pigment before being mounted onto a birch panel that sits off the wall on which it is hung.
