With some trial & error, I'm learning how to do image transfers onto wax. This is a detail of a larger piece I'm working on. It's not quite finished, but I'm really excited by the possibilities of collaging images onto the wax. This is how It's done
1. make a xerox copy of an image
2. heat the wax surface where you want to apply it so that it's soft, but still solid.
3. place your xerox image face down on the warm wax.
4. burnish the image - I rubbed the back of the paper with a wooden spoon, but scissor handles seem to work well too.
5. If you're not sure the image is completely transfered, you can heat the back of it with your heat gun- but not too much!
6. apply warm water to the back of the image with a sponge and rub gently.
If all goes well, the image will have transfered onto the wax and the paper with rub away. In some cases, part of my image rubbed away, but even then, the effect is pretty cool.
This is all I could get in before work, but I'm excited to get back to the wax tonight. Though the season premier of my absolute favorite show is on tonight, which could set me back..
3 comments:
I love your wax work with the transfers--could you give me a bit more info on the burnishing/rubbing part, avec not destroying the surface while rubbing away at the paper?!
Cheers!
Thanks for checking out my work! I'm no expert, but I found that if I give the wax enough time to cool and harden before I start burnishing, there's no harm done to the surface of the wax with the burnishing.
To remove the paper, you gently rub with a wet sponge or fingertips and the paper will slowly ball up and fall away, leaving the image. I think practice helps with this. I had several attempts, where I lifted up too much of the image when rubbing away the paper and had to scrape down the wax and start over.... good luck!
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