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Process Examples: Samples of combinations This combination (below) is similar:

The tricky thing about making these combinations of text
and writing is to keep the media water soluble so the wax •Asemic writing on graphite lines
can penetrate to the substrate - no acrylics, for example. •Direct stick marks with India ink
Try this combination (below): •Small alphabet stamp in black ink
•Veiling with white tempera paint

•Asemic writing on graphite lines •Scrap of black construction paper with stick and ink markings
•Graphite handwriting of favorite phrase •Scrap of enlarged and printed asemic writing sample
•Small alphabet stamp in black ink •Walnut ink spatters
•Walnut ink blotted through letter stencil
•Scrap of black construction paper with stick and ink
markings

Any of these
combinations can
be used “as is” for a
finished collage study,
or can be torn into
pieces and added to a
new work for Wax &
Words collages.

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