Cloth Paper Scissors - January/February 2009 - (Page 49) • 1 or 2 electric skillets with temperature control materials • Thermometer • Heat gun • Tacking iron (see Resources) • Fan • Beeswax • Encaustic paint • Absorbent substrate(s), such as 140-lb. watercolor paper, wood panels, and/or fabric • Collage material: tissue paper, paper, fabric, fibers • Tweezers or tongs • Scissors • Natural paintbrushes • Stencils • Water-based ink (I used Sumi inks.) • Vegetable oil • Paper towels optional • Needle and thread • Hammer and nails • Staple gun • Metal mesh • Craft felt, beads, buttons • Pellon® Peltex (an ultra-firm stabilizer that’s fusible on one side) • Credit card or piece of plastic • Texturizing tools, such as palette knives, dental and etching tools, nails, produce mesh • Sandpaper getting started 1. Above (detail opposite): “Outing Vol. II” • 6" ¥ 12" ¥ 2" • “I constructed seven little booklets and mounted them on a 1⁄4"-thick wood base that had been collaged, incised, and stenciled. I used some old monotype images that were printed on heavy printmaking paper and dipped the paper in the beeswax pool, encasing it in wax. Small rectangles of various sizes were cut from this, and simple books were assembled using three different-sized rectangles; painted metal mesh was added as covers. The booklets were sewn with a simple pamphlet stitch, arranged on the board, and carefully nailed to the board through the sewing holes.” C P S
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