Latest Work in Progress, +9 ft Encaustic!
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- Cutting the 4.5′ plank of ash down to two planks to make my diptych surfaces
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- After some huffing and puffing at the hand saw, two nicely cut planks
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- Clamping up the support cradles, made in stained cedar and the jointed with dowels.
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- The Ash wood I chose has the right coloring and grain pattern for the look I wanted but apparently it also has a lot of open pores in the wood grain containing air. When heated they are releasing into the wax resulting in pits.
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- So I am going over each one and cold tooling hot wax into the pits and then fusing and re-leveling, resulting in a smooth surface.
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- Second Round of Drawing Transfers, so far there are over 40!
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- Full View of the piece in progress, the piece is a diptych totaling about 9.5 ft long
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- Example of where the piece is headed. I am 40 prints into it and I plan to add about another 40+
the benthos 
So exciting- love the surface!
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