Listening
As I become more familiar with wax and how it behaves my experimenting increases and I’m learning to let go. There is a lot more listening to the materials that are blended into the work. There’s always a conversation going between the piece and myself as it all comes together. Ideas and composition are bouncing on and off the piece until it clicks. My gut tells me this is what the piece wants and I try to make it happen. It doesn’t mean it always works. There have been times where the wasp nest explodes, the rock weaving come undone and the feather snaps. Just likelife itself the pieces don’t always fall into place on the first try.