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Teal And Whitespiral Encaustic Bowl

Hand crafted from paper clay I make using recycled paper and fibres, my encaustic bowls are layered with pigments and encaustic wax – which is a mixture of damar resin and beeswax.

Encaustic bowl by Annie Desantis
Encaustic Bowl ~ Teal Whitespiral – approx 8.5cm diameter
by Annie Desantis

This Teal Whitespiral bowl stands approx 3.5cm high, with a wavy edge. Approx 8.5cm in diameter it is coloured with intense pigments in layers within the wax.

These bowls can be used to serve some foods – sweets, nuts etc would be fine. But do not use wet foods or the wax could stain. The bowl can be wiped out gently with warm soapy water but do not immerse or use harsh cleaning products.

The outside has pigments rubbed into the wax creating a luminous finish.

Encaustic bowl by Annie Desantis
Encaustic Bowl ~ Outside Teal Whitespiral – approx 8.5cm diameter
by Annie Desantis

Copperlime Encaustic Bowl

My encaustic bowls are handcrafted from paper clay, using recycled paper, layered with wax, pigments, papers, found objects . . . anything!

Encaustic bowl by Annie Desantis
Encaustic Bowl ~ Copperlime ~ approx 8.5cm diameter
by Annie Desantis

This Copperlime bowl stands approx 3.5cm high, with a 8.5cm diameter. Encaustic wax – which is hot beeswax mixed with damar resin and pigments, is layered over inks, pigments, images and objects.

This bowl has two copper nails inserted, and a curl of fine copper wire recycled from old speakers. Marks have been sgraffito’d into the surface. Sgraffito is a technique of scratching back into the under-layers of a piece to reveal the layers beneath. Pigments are also rubbed in to highlight the mark making.

Images and paper have also been layered into this piece.

Encaustic bowl by Annie Desantis
Encaustic Bowl ~ Outside Copperlime ~ approx 8.5cm diameter
by Annie Desantis