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Collage is another door to open as you explore the wonders of wax
painting. Anything you enclose within the wax becomes archival. So the
sky's the limit as to what you will stick into the wax surface. Just
plain Kleenex is a good start. Once you begin you can let your mind
take you in many directions. The piece to the right was first drawn and then each piece cut out and waxed and then reassembled over a background of embedded tissue covered with metallic gold wax.
Put a layer of wax on your card surface. Take just one ply of the
Kleenex and lay it over the card. Put your iron on the Kleenex and watch
the wax wick up through the fibers and trap it in the wax. The
surface now has a mat finish instead of a gloss finish. You can apply
wax on top and get a wonderful effect by using some metallic wax to
highlight the surface. The tissue grabs the metallic wax on the surface and adds such a nice
touch.
I have used torn Kleenex to shape various landscapes leaving the gloss
part of the card surface free for sky and water effects. I have also
torn leaf patterns and had the rest of the card carry out the floral
theme. You can also rubber stamp on the tissue and then embed the
pattern into the wax.
I will add two of my collage pieces, the one on the left was done on a full
sheet of watercolor paper with wax applied first, then tissue embedded (
I used some Asian prayer papers which can be found in Asian markets in
the household section ) and even a large round coffee filter used on both of them. Waxed on
the tissues, applied acrylic glaze over that along with some gold leaf
and presto you have it. The other took advantage of mono printing with the wax on a shiny card stock.
Just start and see where this takes you.
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