… of "La Bruma"
Opening stages…
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… the adding of drama with India ink!
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… then the rendered wax line is ironed out and outlined with pencil.
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All the rendering is done
in hot wax using the "tjanting", a tool for drawing fine wax lines.
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The "Grand Finale" will take place next week on another Cactus Monday post!
The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time,
but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order,
it is the continuous thread of revelation. Eudora Welty
That is SO interesting and SO beautiful!
An interesting-looking tool. Hmmm, have to look into that.
HCM!
It looks very complicated, the result is stunning!
Happy cactus Monday!
Thisis so intricate and gorgeous…amazing detail!! 🙂
Very interesting. Wax. No wonder it looks so real.
Well, that wax technique is cool….very special!!!
Happy Cactus Monday!!!
I can’t wait to see the finale. Gorgeous is going on here.
Happy Belated Cactus Monday Lisa.
I really love the process and these pieces are great!
Love the Indian ink and rendered effect.
Great job and keep it up.
I miss cactus monday just because I was too tire to go on…..but instead I work on other projects!
I have seen this technique recently used for batik! I am starting to understand now how you do things. Thanks for the step by step. It is very interesting, and amazing, but alas….still not possible to copy! sigh….
I’d never heard of a “tjanting” tool, but what you did with it looks really cool. The cactus seems to have come to life and is popping out from the surface.
Well, I just spent some time perusing your beautiful blog. Your art is amazing, awesome, fantastic, increible, and I am humbled and inspired both. Thank you for coming to my blog today.
These cacti are gorgeous to behold! Many of your paintings look like fabric art quilts.
I will be back!
I really really want to play with you!! I saw this tool on Caroline’s blog when she was showing us a batik lesson. I love that you use it on your designs. You’re work is just stunning!
Glad you liked your little package 😉
stunning and so intricate….love it !!!
looking forward to the endpiece–love seeing the evolution. so alive!
thanks also for sharing the photos of your lovely workspace last posting.