Encaustic Collages
For several years I've been experimenting with traditional collage techniques using various mixtures of beeswax and damar resin rather than glue. Encaustic Decoupage? These pieces may be on paper, wood, stone, leather, or antique book covers. I'm interested in combining classical mythology, folk traditions (planting by signs, herbal medicine, animal lore) and the body in distress, but hope to avoid the schmaltz of faux-nostalgia (see artist's statement.) My work here is created using a scanner and Photoshop (though with as little digital manipulation as possible), but is then carefully printed on vintage paper, hand cut, and assembled on the carriers mentioned above.