encaustic wax and brads
May 7, 2006Yesterday, I took a day-long class with Bev Brazelton called “The Waxy Buildup” and it was about learning to use encaustic wax and doing collage with it.
Oh. My. God. What a great instructor. What a great great class. I had dabbled once with a set of encaustic wax and also with melting crayons, but now that I know what to do? The possibilities are limitless.
Here are a few things I did in the class:
7×10.5″ encaustic wax and collage paper
11×14.5″ encaustic wax, collage paper and images, magazine images
I’m going to frame them this week, although I think the blue one can use something still.
This morning I woke up thinking about organizing my brads an eyelets. How weird.
I know I haven’t been updating here. I think I’ve just been too scattered to discipline myself to do so. I have made quite a few cards this week and I journaled a couple of times. Nothing to write home about, but I did it. My new tactic is to keep a stash of supplies upstairs under the coffee table and to make stuff while we watch tv. I particularly like the “if it’s not here, don’t go downstairs for it” method of creating, forcing me to use what I have right at my fingertips.
I’ve also been thinking about revamping my website and I’d like to have it ready by the end of May, as in June I’ll be part of an exhibit at the local art store. yay!
