Encaustic Constructions

​Encaustic: noun; A paint consisting of pigment mixed with beeswax and damar resin fixed with heat after its application. Latin encausticus, from Greek enkaustikos, from enkaiein , enkau-, to paint in encaustic : en-, in + kaiein, to burn

Wax, like water, flows

Moves and changes and pools and collects

It has a liquid quality even when solid and that uncertainty informs my world

And my belief of a life in flux and constant change

​I embrace this concept and roll with it

These pieces are all made using repurposed wood, and some have cardboard elements.  I started this series when we added a second floor to our former residence - there werer So many great scraps left over! Whenever we are building something and there are scraps of wood left over I scavenge them, often adding texture with the band saw.  The pieces are arranged in an aesthetically pleasing way, glued and/or nailed to a substrate.  Then layers of encaustic are built up on the surface creating a deeper yet smoother texture..  Finally I complete the surface with a wash of oil stick, and/or pastel, and/or mica powders.