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historical encaustic

Raleigh Past and Present- Encaustic Map

In this Encaustic map painting I've combined two maps of Raleigh.  The first is a map from July 1797- "Plan of the City of Raleigh with all the improvements & all the Numbers july 1th, 1797".  This is a plan for Raleigh's downtown.  I printed it and used gel medium to adhere it to the wood board.  Once I added a few layers of wax, I used a clay tool to make lines in the wax over the block squares, then filled them with burnt sienna oil paint.

My Mixed Media Maps- Representing History

Mixed Media Maps- "City of Oaks" We use maps pretty much every day.  Whether they're printed on paper or interactive on our smart phones, they help us understand the direction were traveling.  Try as we might, it's pretty much impossible…