This piece has received a lot of attention and I wanted to share with you how it all came together. I began with a rich layer of plaster. The plaster layer is the most exciting to me, probably because I get to play and it represents my personality - lots of character (take that however you want).
I went through buckets of rusty bits and found a collection I liked and my dear friend Allison helped me rearrange the rusty awesomeness. I love it when my friends get to play. I used globs of asphalt to adhere them to the plaster and really liked the way it squished (technical term) around the metal and added to the character of the piece.
Once the asphalt was dry (next day), I painted melted beeswax, resin and pigment onto the piece working it around the rusty bits. I used the heat gun to move the wax away from the metal to give it a halo effect. Once everything had cooled, I worked oil paint in and around the wax, wiping much of it off to leave a shadow of color.
Heat is a critical step when working with encaustic paint. I warmed the beeswax and set the oil paint. And now, it is done and donning the wall in our dining room.
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