day of the origami

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these are the atc's i made for my local group for our september theme, origami. the die-cut skulls have little origami hats that i folded from japanese art paper. i had made the hats first, but then couldn't find the right kind of head to rest them on. but then i was inspired by my visit to casa artelexia, this really fun shop in san diego. many thanks to andrea for loaning me the awesome punch!

encaustics rock!

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my first experiment with encaustics (painting with wax) - so fun! this is a 5" board with batik fiber art paper, glass fragments and various pigments. i love how you can slather on layers and trap things in the wax, and then move it all around with a heat gun to create color patterns and reveal what's underneath.