Anyone done wax art?!

I posted some other images in the arts room but i thought you lot might like to hear about this.

Jaycee bought me a klit of encaustic art for my birthday. Its using a special iron to melt wax onto papper to make images!! looks great and is really good fun. heres some of the pictures we come up with.

 

last one

 

How freakin cool is that!? WoW!! The second one looks like a little enchanted fairy kingdom..the blue one looks underwater. Those a wonderful!

 

Hehe yea thats what i thought. its great no matter how much you try and controll it someone else will see something different to you even turn it on its "side" and say thats what way round it should be. i'v taken to etching into the wax with trees and stars and a unicorn

 

I still have no idea how you did it..how do you add the color?

 

you heat up the iron and hold it upside down and melt the wax onto it. Then turn it upright and lightly move it across the papper thats what makes the different effect, by dabbing, or stroaking or wiggling the iron.

You se difeerent colours of wax for diferent effects too.

 

they're amazing fleassy... fantastic reminds me of roger dean but in wax

 

_/speechless

/mumbles
Must search for encaustic art kits online.

How do you keep the wax from peeling off?

 

OH THAT IS FREAKIN AWESOME!!!!
I love them!! Super job mama!
I love the third one down most of all

 

I think its a special kind of wax thats designed for it, unlike say candle wax or sealing wax which is harder... this more resembles.. say wax crayons but not quite as soft

 

those are really amazing... i really think you do great work..

 

Those are amazing! I love the last one!

 

thanks i'd never heared of it untill jaycee got me the kit

 

That is soooooooooo Cool!!! i want to do it!!! what is the kit called???

 

encaustic art just look it up online. he got it from some people called Wakes Waxes

 

wow, those are so cool! i LOVE the last one so much... wow

 

thanks.

 

out of curiosity, how big are these, and are you selling them?

 

they are about the size of a photograph and we are selling them at a car boot for 50p but i could try and do an A4 one for you if you like, i'd have to charge you about £4 to include postage an packaging so as we can postage it so as it wont get damaged

 

hmmmMMmmmm okay i'm really considering it... i'll definitely contact you if i want one