Wistful Waxed Tissue Books/Pages

I do subscribe to Somerset Studio magazine and during the summer received their Jul/Aug 2010 issue. In this issue, an article just came right out, at me, as it deals with one of my favorite mediums; beeswax! The article is written by Rachel Emilie Jackson and her offering is called Wistful Waxed Tissue Books. I read the article and knew I had to give this a try.

A few weeks, back, I decided to try this technique and tweaked it as I wanted to use what I had on hand. The photos, here, are pictures of my playing with this technique. Part of me felt like I was at a health spa taking in the aroma of the beeswax as well as the natural botanicals, and herbs, that I collected and dried to work on the process. To this day, when handling, these delicate waxed pages, I can still smell the beautiful scents.

Note; the photos are not the best. It was a little challenging to get a really clear picture due to the glare of the wax. But; hope these give you an idea. They are much more "vintagie" in person. The last sample is actually my favorite piece.

This technique actually is a "sandwiching" of tissue papers, wax, botanicals, herbs, ephemera, transparencies; whatever! Some of these I decided to leave just as pages that I can make into window hangings as the transparency of them against the light - well - it's just beautiful! I did make a little book out of some of the pages as you can see in one of the photos that has the words "dream of things" - that is the cover of the book. The possibilities are endless and I just had so much fun working on them and I intend to make more for some holiday gifts.

I wish you all a great beginning to another week. I thank you all for your well wishes. I am on the mend; it's a little slow but feeling better with each day. I will be spending time, tonight, catching up with your Blogs :)

Much love to all - Marilyn xxoo