Tag: wax seals

• DIY digression: bookmaking

  One of the purposes of this blog is to sort through and prioritize intriguing notions and sources.  I have an ongoing fascination with investigating how things work.  (Hint:  that’s a useful lens through which to analyze my art.  It tends to be more about figuring out than advocating.) This blog is one approach to that, […]

  cwampole

  March 24, 2014

  Research

  craft, DIY, paper, paper engineering, wax, wax seals

• Mail art #3: Wax seals yet again

  First and foremost, thank goodness for the occasional light-hearted project like this one with which to leaven everything else. I was dared to construct a wax seal larger than my usual 1 in. diameter.  I decided that this meant I had to make one in excess of 4 in.  With so much more surface area […]

  cwampole

  November 7, 2013

  Studio

  correspondence art, ephemeral, kitsch, wax, wax seals

• Collections and series

  Ten years ago, art vocabulary, theory, and history seemed so fresh and new that I saw no alternative but to act like a sponge and learn anything and everything.  I still gobble new ideas, but notice that I consistently hunger to relate these concepts to a preexisting project, a series, or an overall goal. This […]

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  September 13, 2013

  Research

  coins, collections, correspondence art, numistry, philately, wax seals