I have several other projects happening, some are still in progress, some are complete, all are encaustics, soon to be shared.
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Eucalyptus, encaustic collage
Had to add more details to my collage! Working with organic material felt a lot like arranging flowers in a vase. I had fun building depth by layering leaves.
I have several other projects happening, some are still in progress, some are complete, all are encaustics, soon to be shared.
I have several other projects happening, some are still in progress, some are complete, all are encaustics, soon to be shared.
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Yes- you've added more depth. Very pretty.
ReplyDeleteI love this, Robin! The composition and colors give it a very zen feel. Who would have thunk that the background started out as a 'failure'? It makes a lovely backdrop for the leaves.
ReplyDeleteHow would you package this to take to a show? It looks like the leaves would be easily damaged.
This is pretty cool. I wonder how brittle the leaves are? I did something with epoxy resin using leaves a bit like this but they went brown and yukky quite quickly.
ReplyDeletePam, this week I sidetracked into some collages and I am not sure I wanted to create "pretty" as much as I wanted to create different, and layers.
ReplyDeleteZen is definitely one of my motivating factors, Deborah, glad you sensed it too.
Mark, when I dip the leaves in the encaustic medium it becomes encased in the wax and that preserves whatever is being dipped. I will be curious to see if anything in the collage changes but the leaves are almost pliable even though they are completely covered in wax.