Tangled roots

Hallo,

   Well, that's the title for now anyway. This is what happens when you find a chunk of wood laying on the side of the road and it  challenges you to make something with it. (first pic - measures about 6 inches wide by 22 tall and 2.5 inches deep)

  I made the tree with paperclay - second photo. Then I added a few plaster strips on the top half - 1 for some extra strength and 2 so I would have a white background to paint on(third pic) 

  Then I painted with encaustic paint and added details with encaustic and a hot pen.

  Fun little experiment - will go to a show at Artel in Pensacola in a week or so.

  Take Care

       Tera

 

Wittle Bwown Wabbit

Hallo,

    We have a 3D show coming up at our local art cooperative and this is going to be one of my entries.

    I started with a photo of mine of the rabbit - isolated him, turned him into a negative and printed him onto a transparency. I then used the transparency to make the cyanotype print.

   I layed down the transparency of my rabbit onto cyanotype paper and then layered some weeds over the top of the transparency sheet and printed them in the sun for about 10 minutes.

   Once the cyanotype was rinsed and dried, I used colored pencils to color my rabbit. I then glued the paper to a cradled wood panel.

   Next, I got out my paper clay and made up some clay weeds to look like the real weeds I used and added them to the top. I then added several layers of encaustic medium (beeswax with natural tree resin).

                                                                                     I used pan pastels to color the weeds on the base  and then used encaustic paint (encaustic medium with pigments added) to paint the clay weeds.

    The painting is 8 by 10 inches and will be framed in a black float frame.

      All for today -- Take Care

                Tera