Creating the ‘ Four Seasons ’
This recycled micro-fiber scrubbing mitt project was just such a challenge . Found along the road the slightly used mitt was a pick-up ‘ have to ’ ( when that itchy feeling in the hands tells you to take it home ). It was cut into 3 ” pieces and after experimentally dipping some in the pigmented wax an immediate image of the fields of grain through the four seasons emerged . Using the wax dipped pieces , the process of metamorphosis begins . Sixteen boxes were made out of 3 ” squares of balsa wood with 1 / 2 ” sides and the 3 ” wax mitt pieces were attached in the middle . The black line on the recycled dress pattern paper was cut and applied around each piece and also around the 8 ” cradle boards , marking the geometric farming plots . I had The Seasons in Four Acre Plots which is now part of the Encaustic Art Institute ’ s Museum Collection .
The Seasons in Four Acre Plots ( detail ), encaustic , microfiber mitt , Four 12 inch boards , 2012