I attended a 3-day Photo Encaustic and Mixed Media workshop in Victoria led by Leah Macdonald, a well-known artist-photographer from Philadelphia. It was very inspiring since it involved playing with, exploring and discovering techniques for using beeswax over photographic prints, mounting on wood, Masonite or other substrates. It was an opportunity to meet other artists from BC and explore various media along with the molten wax: oil sticks, acrylics, natural and man-made objects.
In the Buddha piece above, rubbing, scratching, scoring, stamping and other techniques were used to enhance the initial image printed with pigment ink on unryu washi paper which was mounted on thin plywood. This is the kind of work I am aiming for since it allows me to get my hands dirty again and create a unique work.
