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Pen and ink, ink wash, soy wax, pencil crayon on paper 8" x 7" Last night I tried some experiments with melted wax using a batik pen and also brush. The was adds areas of resistance to the drawing, so that later applications of ink wash are repelled and the underlying surface is protected. The wax is runny, drippy and hard to control, at least for me : ) So the result has an expressive, organic feel - the shapes are somewhat controlled but also have their own unique character. They had dimension and depth by their unexpected emergence, but also by the marks the wax leaves.  I'm using soy wax. I don't know how it differs from paraffin wax, in terms of resistance to water. I would love to try beeswax.  There is this ongoing interplay between the layers of ink wash and the layers of wax. There is also this emergence of form adding pencil crayon layers to the drawing. The subject and the ground are worked together, always striving to differentiate the subject from the gro...

Creative people need constraints. We are in a time of wide-spread emotional dis-regulation and destructive behaviour. Our creativity creates an outlet for hope to activate our lives and our solutions.

  I worked late at my art desk last night. I was putting together the first mail package of cards and getting a feel for how my production ideas will work in the real world. I am changing the name of the project from 'Regift Card' to simply 'Gift Card'. The card is the gift. It is an original artwork mounted as a custom, one-of-a-kind card. The card provides a conveyance of both the importance of the feeling we want to share, but it also makes the moment of giving and receiving the card important. It makes this moment of sharing special and impactful.  When the time comes to give the card away, it will gain importance and significance with each gifting event. The artwork, and the card that is carrying it, will gather strength and meaning over time. When a drawing is ready to be given as a gift, it gets mounted to a card with page leaves inside. I input the information about the artwork into an art inventory table. The artwork is mounted onto custom cut cardstock. The pa...