Encaustic adventures

Every time I see a new artistic technique or medium I have the urge to try it.  Such it is with encaustic, using colored wax.  I thought this would be a fun project to do with my children, becasue for the pigment we used crayons, and who doesn’t like crayons?  Since we were experimenting, the …

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Finished Mural!

I’m so happy the mural is finally done, and I got the scaffold out of our foyer.  Painting the overglaze was the most difficult part of the entire process.  I was able to do some of it from the hall on the second floor, but then on the middle part I realized I needed a …

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Mural Progress

This is the project I’m currently working on.  It’s pushed my other projects to the side, so I’m in a hurry to finish it.  I had to take a break when we went on vacation, but now I’m home again and I can see the final stretch.  You can see updates of the progress here.  …

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First Stained Glass Panel

I took a stained glass class at a local shop, and this is what I created.  I’d never done stained glass before, though always figured I’d try my hand at it some day.  I have a picture window that really cries out for a large stained glass panel. Of course I have to make it …

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Origami Book

I made this for a contest posted on one of Jeff Vandermeer’s blogs.  The contest instructions included a youtube video about how to make this.  I had to fold it five or six times before I got the hang of it. Each page has a sketch of a crow on it, and the cover says …

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