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Anyone interested or using this technique?
kriskros
01-02-2011, 02:40 PM
Have seen it demo'ed many times but it really doesn't appeal to me at all, the finished result by someone who really knows there 'stuff' looks very good though
budgie
01-02-2011, 07:10 PM
They used to have it on C&C ages ago. I liked the pictures they showed, but I didn't fancy spending that much money, and then finding I was total carp at it!
Just seen an article on wax art in craft stamper which is interesting?
Ephemera
02-02-2011, 04:00 PM
Hiya Lee,
I used to do encaustic art about 20 yrs ago. Yikes feeling my age now:smirk:. I got interested after I went to a craft fair and saw some gorgeous examples so I bought the wax sticks, iron and paper and had a go. I found it frustrating, as I would be fairly pleased with my picture and the effects I had achieved then I would add a bit more wax and completely ruin it. It only took one wrong swipe of the iron and that's was it. I don't think I had the patience for it really, I have the same problem with watercolour painting too! I think my problem is I see something arty/crafty and want/expect to be able to achieve the same results straight away, still to damned impatient, :mysmilie_506:when will I ever learn!
That is the difficulty know when to stop with something...I am always making a mess!!!!lol!
you can make some interesting 'mandala' piccys that look good up on the wall....... i love mine & use my craft iron to iron my angelina fibres etc rather that crakering hubbys lovely post iron...lol & i wiould hate him to get up set over it.doesn QVC do it then you can at leat have a play with it
MissPetiteCrapule
12-09-2011, 06:50 PM
I did this about 15 years ago when my Mum first got into crafting and still have the artwork, perhaps I should add some samples of what i made up here? It is tricky to master and I found it a little limiting but with the roller and juicy pad you can get similar results and the details did involve stamps, which is how the first stamp was introduced to the house.
LadyKatkin
19-09-2011, 11:47 AM
Was going to start a new thread, and then saw this one, yay!
Here is a free e-book (http://www.clothpaperscissors.com/free-encaustic-painting-techniques/?a=cpse110919) to download about encaustic art. It's from Cloth, Paper, Scissors and all you have to do is sign up to their newsletter, which is really cool. It's an American magazine about mixed media art (you can buy it from various places, mostly quilt stores, but I get it from a local-ish newsagent). Lots of ideas.
Anyway, back to the encaustics - it's a bit wild, but might encourage you to have a go if, like Ephemera, one too many strokes messes it up. I think that messing it up is part of the fun in these projects.
Have fun!
Kate x
MissPetiteCrapule
02-10-2011, 04:55 PM
Must get Ma aka CraftyK to upload some photos of our masterpieces we made all those years ago...Ma?????