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beeswax: February 2008
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Experimental encaustics and beeswax collage. Friday, February 29, 2008. Links to this post. This is on a 10 inch form. I formed the wings by pouring molten wax in a pie tin,and carving wings out after it hardened. The veins are carved in and darkened with paint. Links to this post. This is on a 6 inch form.and might still be in progress.greens with shells and mesh. Links to this post. Hibernation of the hives- in progress. Links to this post. Saturday, February 9, 2008. Links to this post.
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beeswax: May 2008
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Experimental encaustics and beeswax collage. Tuesday, May 27, 2008. My new discovery is marbles in the queen cage! Links to this post. 4x4 inch photo pieces. Working on a series of these little pieces on masonite board.small scale collages with historical photos and queen cages and such. love them! Links to this post. Monday, May 26, 2008. How raven stole the sun. Links to this post. Monday, May 19, 2008. Infrared filter on Wintering. Links to this post. Links to this post. Sunday, May 11, 2008. This pie...
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beeswax: March 2008
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Experimental encaustics and beeswax collage. Monday, March 24, 2008. Closep-up of a queen cage.approx. 3"x1"x1". Links to this post. Queen cage on square. Fascinated by the wooden "queen cages", I am going to create some pieces including these small wooden boxes that are created to hold the queen bee segregated from the colony before it is introduced to your hives. Links to this post. Beeswax collage and encaustic on a 12 inch form.some fabric, some paper collage. Links to this post. Links to this post.
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beeswax: January 2008
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Experimental encaustics and beeswax collage. Wednesday, January 30, 2008. This piece features my grandma Jeanne, who was Finnish. It is approximately 8"x10" and has collaged images of snowy trees in it. A bunch of silk roses are attached below her portait. Some pearlescent encaustic frames her face and the lower right side of the collage. Links to this post. Butterflies in the snow. Links to this post. A xerox transfer butterfly on old painted wood is on either side of this piece. Links to this post.
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beeswax: September 2008
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Experimental encaustics and beeswax collage. Sunday, September 14, 2008. Here are some attempts at creative bottling of the. Raw and Unprocessed UP Honey! Complete with bee and sacred heart milagros. These are 4 and 8 oz bottles. Links to this post. ATC's about the bees. I had my students do artist trading cards as a warm-up to the year, so I did some too! The size or trading cards. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Artists and the theme of bees. MAEA summer workshop at Western Michigan!
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beeswax: August 2008
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Experimental encaustics and beeswax collage. Saturday, August 30, 2008. This is a cast-tape sculpture that I created over a 12" dress maker's form. Then, I covered it with Shellac. These may appear illuminated in my show in January as "guardians of the hive". Links to this post. Links to this post. Calm yourself to claim yourself. In frame from the beehive. traded this to artist/teacher Nichole Jones! Created at Art in the Garden 2008. Links to this post. On 4x4 deep cradleboard. Links to this post.
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beeswax: June 2008
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Experimental encaustics and beeswax collage. Saturday, June 28, 2008. Here is the last piece for my show. the form is 16" tall, and the root adds another 10 inches. She has transfer wings on her back. Links to this post. Thursday, June 26, 2008. Untitled triptych with hive frames. Links to this post. Tuesday, June 24, 2008. Current Artist Statement for Hacock show. Where I’m from, Anna, and Jeanne:. After taking the beginning beekeeping class, I became enamored with the form of the queen cage. Each c...
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beeswax: November 2007
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Experimental encaustics and beeswax collage. Tuesday, November 27, 2007. Not sure if this is done, but the concept is there.small wooden pieces 1"x2" placed in this old jewelry box. Links to this post. This is an image of my Grandma Anna and her family- the exact year I am not sure of.1926or 28? The image in xeroxed and put on a trading card.collaged on fabric and framed with red wax and Queen Anne's Lace. Links to this post. Thursday, November 15, 2007. Links to this post. Links to this post. Tales from...
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beeswax: December 2007
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Experimental encaustics and beeswax collage. Sunday, December 30, 2007. Links to this post. Saturday, December 29, 2007. This is a larger piece I am working on over vacation. It is approx. 4'x4'.drawing and mixed media. Suggestions welcome! See, we have the golden spiral happening, and more to come. Links to this post. 2 pieces of beeswax collage on wood approx. 5"x8". Links to this post. Tuesday, December 25, 2007. Links to this post. Tuesday, December 18, 2007. Sweetness and light for the new year.
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beeswax: October 2007
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Experimental encaustics and beeswax collage. Wednesday, October 31, 2007. I am from wool socks. From radio and wood stove. I am from the house that George built. Golden sunshine flooding windows and sparkling on the pond. I am from the daisies. The tall straight pines. Whose long gone limbs I remember. As if they were my own. I’m from working women and fortitude. From Sally and Anna and Jeanne. I’m from morning coffee and worry. And from updates on everybody's business. And good morning starshine. Photo ...