wax art - The Far Pavilion

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Combining Encaustic with Mixed Media Scrapbooking Techniques

I've been a scrap booker since I was a teenager, and I began working with mixed media elements in my scrapbooks, art journals, and on canvases as an extension of that passion. This was all long before I became an encaustic artist. I've been wondering for a long time if there was a way I could replicate my favorite mixed media looks in an encaustic painting.

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Mixing Shellac Myself and Using it in my Shellac Burns

Dry shellac burns can be a harder than wet burns because the quality of the cells you get depends on how heavy your hand is and the size of the flame you use with your torch. It can be really tricky to get the balance right. I also learned recently that the concentration and age of your shellac also makes a HUGE difference.

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Image Transfer on Encaustic

It seemed fine at the time, but looking back 10 years later, this collage is super boring and not very well made. So, I decided to rework it and use an image transfer on encaustic technique to include the original letters without keeping the large, unwieldy pieces of paper.