Andrew's Dinosaurs

For my nephew's birthday his mother is redecorating his room in a dinosaur theme. Andrew will be 8 in November, and is wild about dinosaurs. I have made these 2 encaustic works with polymer clay dinosaurs to go with the new color scheme. I hope he will like them.

The larger one with the single Stegosaurus (Andrew's favorite), is 10 x 10 x 2 inches, and the smaller trio is 8 x 8 x 2 inches. They are done with encaustic wax on a cradle with polymer clay, alcohol inks, and oil paints. I hope he will like them.

Alchemy

Well, I have been working on a piece for an upcoming exhibit, whose theme is "The Alchemy of Encaustic". After talking with my friend Marcia from Houston, it just hit me what to do. I wanted to create a 3D image of an atom with electrons around it, and using wire and polymer clay, came up with this idea. I also used an image transfer and some stamps that I had made for this project.

Wax Play Day

On Saturday my friends Lisa, Carolyn, and Ellen came over to do a little encaustic wax. We had a great time, and finished some wonderful pieces! We turned my kitchen into an encaustic studio with 3 electric griddles, 1 hot plate, torches, heat guns, etc. and spent the entire day doing encaustic wax! Here is one of the pieces I finished, and this time I decided to extend the wax onto the sides of the piece instead of staining the sides of the board. I have several more pieces started, and hopefully will have time to prepare a couple for an upcoming encaustic exhibit at Kilgore College in October.

New Stamps

I have been looking for years to find a solution to getting stamps made from my own designs. Most of the commercial machines out there are just way too expensive for the limited number of stamps I wanted, and some of the old photopolymer texture sheets I have purchased are now too brittle and yellow to use without damaging them. Until now. I have used Ready Stamps in the past to have stamps made, and the rubber was just fine for stamping, but did not work well with clay and encaustic wax. I decided to contact them, and now they are making photopolymer plates in both the hard plastic and soft clear stamps just like the ones in the craft stores. I ordered 4 plates of designs from them, and I am really liking them! They are fabulous in both clay and wax! Here is a photo of some of my doodles and the stamps that were produced. Contact them if you want to have some of your own designs done.

Ocean Floor Fossils III

I have been working on this piece for a couple of weeks now. It is 6 x 18 inches, and I have been procrastinating about it for a while. I ended up not liking what was happening with it, so I have scraped it back several times, finally settling on its current look. I am glad that it is finished. My husband John wants it for his office, so I will get it ready to hang for him.

I also worked a bit on a friend's pet portrait, and when she approves it, I will post it here.

Denise's Cats

I totally forgot that I did these two digital portraits of my friend Denise's new kitten and one of her older cats. Angel is her new kitten, and she is very sweet, as you can see.

Etsy Store & Cheyenne

Well, I finally got a few pieces up in my new Estsy Store, so please check it out. I have not done much polymer clay or encaustic, but have been busy ordering supplies. I just realized how low I was, so I am now awaiting some orders to come in.

I also sent some of my images and drawings in to have stamps made, and when I get them I will have a "Show and Tell" here on my blog.

In the meantime, here is a cute photo of my now 8-month old husky, who is of course sitting in a chair where she is not supposed to be. I am a poor disciplinarian.