hanging leaf and standing leaf

Hanging leaf, 32 x 14 cm, wax, watercolour and Chinese ink on paper

Standing leaf, 32 x 14 cm, wax, watercolour and Chinese ink on paper

waxwork combines

All works on stretched canvas frames 20 x 20 x 1.8cm

Exploring colour in my waxwork

experimental waxworks after a long break

 I'm back to doing waxworks using monoprinting. Hope the drawing practice will provide inspiration.
 All works about 28 x 28 cm

Watercolour and wax on paper

Watercolour and wax on paper

Watercolour, Chinese ink and wax on paper

Watercolour, Chinese ink and wax on paper

Watercolour and wax on paper

Chinese ink and wax on paper

drawings of dried leaves

dried banana leaf from neighbour's tree

fallen leaf in a drain near my car, lovely autumnal colour

 drawing of the same leaf from the opposite side

rendered in ballpen

Done during my school holidays in March. A tranquil experience and also taught me to look, look harder!

Ideas to try out...learning new things

Will see if these bones can be fused into the wax surface...

Fishing string ...this should be easier to fuse than the bones!

Fusing a collage encaustic work with a heat gun.

Learning to use colour and to divide the picture plane into two parts.

I continue to explore Mr Mikio Tagusari's method of making monotypes.

hanging my encaustic work

Completed 17 Dec 2012, Wax and pastel on paper mounted on canvas, 20 x 20 x 1.5cm

I've been thinking about how to prepare my paper encaustic work for display - whether framing in glass is suitable... For finished work that have only a thin surface layer of wax, I tried glueing the piece on a wooden canvas stretcher. This seems to work fine.

Carving, fusing, collage and thread

I'm exploring other ways of working with wax but carving lines is fun - it's a great feeling to see the wax curl and unfurl!

Learning to fuse with a heat gun (ie to bond the top layer of wax with the layer below by heat)

A simple collage on a grid

Experimenting with thread.

Learning to combine yellow and blue wax and adding ink.

Learning to do an inlay - ie filling a gouged out area with a different wax -  I am pleased with this work.

Carving away!

The uneven wax surface produces interesting grooves when lines are carved repeatedly.

Inspired by bark

Recently my sister and brother-in-law from Sydney sent me some photographs of barks of trees. The bark textures  inspired and challenged me to make some waxworks. Here they are. What do you think, Loy and Doug?