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In time, I created an installation of gessoed and sanded boxes

and lids pierced with twine and wax thread. I installed these
small pieces with the twine cascading down the wall below

them. In a gallery setting, the boxes looked small and humble
and I hope, interesting.

Some of the crushed boxes, I gessoed and painted with

encaustic. I discovered that the highly irregular surfaces were

resistant to being painted in this way. The melted wax would
often run down the sides and pool on the worktable. Fusing
material on cardboard was also a challenge. Setting the

crushed boxes on fire was not, I knew, a good idea.

C•artifacts Encaustic Sculpture No. 1 C•artifacts Encaustic Sculpture No. 2
Encaustic, cardboard Encaustic, cardboard
13 x 3.5 x 3 in 23.5 x 3.5 x 3.5 in

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