Encaustigraphics are an interesting medium for accordion books. You can easily bind pages or sections with sewing (either using a machine or by hand) or taping (colorful washi tapes or even “invisible” tape), but the material also scores cleanly to create crisp folds. Below are two examples created for an upcoming class at Kalamazoo Book Arts Center—the first shows a layout that uses the idea of discrete “pages” or sections, and the second features a long flow of imagery divided intuitively and then cut and shaped to create a very sculptural book.
Category Archives: Forms
Posts featuring the wide variety of forms that can be created using encaustigraphics or e-graphics.
Books and other 3-D forms using e*graphics
Scoring, folding, tabs and cutouts let you use encaustigraphics for a variety of sculptural forms. This example is quite simple, but imagine using your own images to create luminous 3-dimensional art. The next class is February 13, 2016 at Kalamazoo Book Arts and focuses on a variety of techniques for using e*graphics to make accordion books. Plus, KBAC’s Accordion Book Show is approaching, so come and try making your own folding structure using this luminous material.
More window color
We still have a lot of winter ahead, but these encaustigraphs bring color into the house all year long.
Ginkgo Cascade
A new year…
Looking forward to a new year of sharing the e*graphic process with other creative hearts and minds… warm wishes to you all!
Light for the Solstice
I’ve been experimenting with layering pieces and parts of e*graphics using tabs, fusing, and cutouts. This mandala also has a glow-in-the-dark center element that appears to float when the lights are turned out.
And more…
The sun was out this morning and really brought the colors of these e*graphic leaves to life.
Playing with Forms
This 6″ oak leaf form began life as a 3.5 ft. piece of copper wire—after forging, I cut an e*graphic loosely to shape and attached it to the framework with hair fine copper wire. This will be one of many components that join to become a longer hanging suspension.
Pen Dragons retreat demo
Last Saturday was the annual retreat for the Pen Dragons calligraphy guild, and I was invited to demonstrate e*graphics to the group. What a fun session with a group of talented artisans who were up for learning a new way to repurpose their art. Everyone got to make the small demo project shown below (calligraphy by Lisa LeBlanc) and get a taste of the e*graphic experience. Contact me at the email provided on the “About” page if you have a group that would enjoy learning how to create a new art material and the many things you can create with it!
Earrings!
E*graphics are so lightweight, they’re perfect for use in jewelry, especially earrings. Combine that with the fact that you can make any shape or image you like, in any colorway, and you have an amazingly versatile new addition to the many materials used for personal adornment.