I seem to be making cubes lately. Boxes, or rather containers, have always been something I like and I have collected quite a few over the years so it shouldn’t surprise me that these small boxes are forming at the ends of my fingertips.
I’m interested in containment and what we put inside a box, what precious objects or secrets they might contain. Sometimes, what we hide away cannot be contained for long . . . maybe it grows and bursts forth, maybe the ownership becomes a burden that needs to be shared. How we decorate the container might give lie to the contents or it can be misleading. These are the thoughts that go through my head as I create and the box as a metaphor interests me.
Kozo, Manilla & Hemp paper, linen thread, encaustic medium.
10 x 10 x 10 cm
Wendy @ Late Start Studio
Kozo, Manilla & Hemp paper, linen thread, encaustic medium.
10 x 10 x 10cm
Wendy @ Late Start Studio
Kozo & Manilla Hemp paper, linen thread, encaustic medium.
10 x 10 x 10cm
Wendy @ Late Start Studio
Kozo, Manilla & Hemp paper, polished cotton cord, encaustic medium.
10 x 10 x 10cm
Wendy @ Late Start Studio
They’re not all black and white . . . but then again, nothing much in this life is.
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well people live in boxes and box themselves into lives they don’t want, or even worse aren’t aware of choice
‘little boxes made of ticky taky, and they all look just the same’
I’ve never though of you as ‘boxed’, I’ve taken to when describing you as – non retired, artsy and unbounded 🙂
ps, very cool boxes
A good description . . . and no, I’m definitely not boxed in.
Absolutely love them!
Thanks! They’re fun to make . . . when I start one I never quite know what I’ll do.
It’s always great to watch something evolve as you work on it 😊
Love them, I like boxes as well and small chest of drawers.
I’ve been thinking about drawers . . . a bit tricky for me to make but when has that stopped me trying?
I really love what you are doing with wax.
Thanks Roberta. A bonus of working with encautic medium in the lovely smell . . . it makes all my senses happy.
The texture makes them almost come alive, like small alien beings. I’m curious about the encaustic part of your process — do you coat the paper in wax, then cut and shape them into boxes? Or do you somehow dip the boxes into wax?
I wax before I sew Claudia . . . the paper is quite fragile.
wild things!
. . . that make my heart sing.
Wow, I love these, so unusual. My favourite is the third one down.
That one took almost an hour to sew the knots on each side . . . even so, there will be more of this ilk.
i can imagine holding one on the flat palm of my hand, imagine all
the thoughts/feelings that would come.
They’re very light . . . no burden at all.
a paradise for fingertips 🙂
And there are more to come.