Experiments in Encaustic Transparency: Since encaustic wax is translucent by nature, I was curious to see what difference back-lighting would make if the wax was applied to a transparent surface such as polystyrene. However wax needs a porous surface to bind to, so the polystyrene needs to first be covered by some porous material such as rice paper.
Expt. 1: Here's the piece backlit from one side, and then turned around and backlit from the other side.
Expt. 2: Another experiment using different pigments, some of which are more opaque than the pigments used above.
Here's the piece without back-lighting:
And then here's the piece with back-lighting:
Expt. 1: Here's the piece backlit from one side, and then turned around and backlit from the other side.
Expt. 2: Another experiment using different pigments, some of which are more opaque than the pigments used above.
Here's the piece without back-lighting:
And then here's the piece with back-lighting:
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