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Sunday 14 February 2016

Encaustic Wax Art Panel

Hello

I have combined my New Everything art/PaperArtsy stamps with the new topic, Wax on the PA blog. see here.

I have seen wax art before but not really paid much attention, but I absolutely loved looking at all the art on display and have spent quite a few hours on You Tube and Pinterest to try and find out more.

There's quite a few materials required but I didn't want to spend any money if if wasn't something I liked, so I had to improvise a lot....

First issue a heat source, I don't have a melt pot so I remembered we had a Chinese food burner and some foil tins which worked very well.
Next no wax so I brought I cheap candle and kids crayons from the supermarket and melted over the burner.

So first the first try was a disaster, I tried making black lines and ended up with a huge mess which I scraped off and tried again after watching some more video's

I am guessing that with the proper materials things would hopefully be easier.

You really do need the white background if your not adding colours. I did 2 layers on wax and fused, this time I held my heat gun further away from the wooden surface, just to get the gloss look and not remelt.
Then layers on tissue stamped script, then main image this time I stamped on white paper instead of tissue paper and coloured with Gelatoes. I brushed on the back with wax first before I quickly laid down on the surface, this was much better, next I added the black die cut circles in the same way.

This is the only process photo I took as got carried away.



I wanted the phrase to stand out so used some white crayon wax first, but when I did another layer this melted and moved, see below, not sure if this is because its a kids crayon or if your not supposed to do another layer over the top or something else, very annoying through.




I added a couple of strips of gold card and a button and give one last coat before I dipped white wax over the top and added gold micro power and flake.

Mmmm ok I think, really want to do a workshop on this to learn further about layering then fusing colours and how to get a textured surface instead of a flat one. If anyone can recommend one, maybe online I would be grateful and then I can buy the proper kit to have a better go. Really like the idea of making art this way and think there's a hell of a lot of learning to be done.

Thanks for having a look and hope you can leave a nice comment.

Jules x










7 comments:

  1. my sister in law had an encaustic iron years ago and sticks of wax, it was a right faff but if you practice you can get some great results.... love the new stamp - hope you have fun playing!!

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  2. Love this, Jules! Great color and contrast.... and lucky you to have the new stamps already in hand! xx Lynn

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  3. it is ace. must try wax sometimes...I have a melt pot and bees wax but never used it! x

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  4. This looks great, especially for a first experiment! I think the thing to remember is that any image/colour on the wax is going to spread as soon as any heat is applied, even if it's a lower layer (the whole lot melts, not just the top layer) so don't expect "crisp" from those elements - that was my learning point anyway!

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  5. this is gorgeous..I love the contrast of the bright image and the black and white x

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  6. Stunning work and great techniques, I love this. xx

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  7. Well, I think you did brilliantly Jules and I wouldn't have known it was your first time using wax let alone with limited supplies. Looks to me like you'd be a natural with a bit more experience. I love this piece!

    Hugs
    Lesley Xx

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