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    Scorched Wax
    Sunday, December 06, 2009
    Well what can I say at least the wax didn't catch on fire!  Scorched wax is bad enough but yes I'm glad it didn't catch on fire.  Tomorrow is a new day and I'll start over with a fresh batch of encaustic medium.
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    WIP - Encaustic

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    Adding New Goodies for Christmas
    Tuesday, November 24, 2009


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    White Flower - Encaustic Painting Sample
    Saturday, November 14, 2009


    Sample made during today's encaustic painting workshop.  This piece demonstrates texturizing, cutting away wax to reveal previous layers and using a form for building up select areas for dimension.

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    Olof - WIP
    Tuesday, November 10, 2009

    John has been helping me with the construction of my latest pieces, running the saws and drills for cut outs etc., he cracked a huge grin when he put Olof's eyes in place which he picked, I was going to use gauages for the eyes, but John decided that Olof needed gears for eyes instead.  The gears definately changed the mood from dark to spry, Olof has a joker side, he loves playing practical jokes on people and may even revel in scaring them a wee bit.  I'm currently auditioning mouth pieces and body colors.

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    Acrylic Peel
    Monday, November 09, 2009




    It's turning into a mess is what it's doing!!!  I didn't realize my plate had a slight tilt to it, will make sure it's level next time.  Shelley Finch gave me the instructions on how to make these, lets just say it's juicy!

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    Drying
    Wednesday, November 04, 2009


    Painted watercolor paper that has been glued, with gel medium, to a piece of ordinary plywood.  I may come to regret having used ordinary plywood in the future but for today's sample it will be fine.


    I'm waiting for the gel medium to dry! Dry times are the hardest part about mixed media and my work shelf is currently unavailable, its one of those black wire shelves, actually dh combined two of them for me, that has 9 shelves that are approximately 7 inches apart.  So now I wait for this piece, and several others I have in progress, to dry.

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    Button Button
    Friday, October 30, 2009

    Button Button whose got the buttons???

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    Name: k baxter packwood
    Home: Midwest, United States
    About Me: I am a Surface Designer and Fiber Artist and I use the quilt as my medium of choice. However, you wouldn't want to put one of my quilts on your bed.For the past 15 years I have been dyeing only with natural dyes. I teach surface design using natural dyes, rust dyeing, compost dyeing and other surface design techinques.
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