This submission is entitled, "My Skin". It is a 6x6"
encaustic collage. I started by writing my thoughts onto carbon paper
with tissue beneath. I then added the tissue to my substrate using wax.
Next, I transferred a colour copy of a Polaroid emulsion lift self
portrait I made onto my encaustic surface. I added the words, "I feel
comfortable in my own skin" to the wax surface by writing with a stylus
onto carbon paper. I added a wire and gemstone bead nest I made, a
feather I found while out exploring with my daughter, and a distressed
ribbon in my favourite colour, dipped in
wax. The nest represents the home I have
created, the feather my need to travel and discover, and the cheerfully
coloured ribbon ties these things together, bound by the wax, as they
are entwined in me.