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| The Key to My Broken Heart |
For our third challenge, we were asked to do "Something New." I was vacillating between several ideas until I read this
post from Susi where she decides to revisit unfinished projects in her studio. Rather than come up with a new project, I decided to check my myriad of materials in my studio to see what new projects that I had already purchases materials but had never attempted.
I realized that I had all of the materials to complete a project that I had always wanted--an encaustic collage. The only appliance that I didn't have was a wax warming plate so I decided to use my electric skillet in order to melt and keep my wax at a constant temperature.
The board is a two inch thick 10 inch by 10 inch Encaustic Board. The background paper is a vintage Valentine paper. The hearts are cutouts there were left over from a previous project. The key is from my key stash. The wax was colored with oil paint sticks there were buffed out after being fused to the piece.
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For my first attempt, I am very pleased with the way that it turned out.
1 comment:
I did the same thing, find materials in my stash. This is such a cool looking technique. I think using the retro valentine paper helped give it a antique look.
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