Encaustic designs add element of surprise
Photo credit: AP, 2012 | Daniella Woolf's encaustic piece "Stroganoff," in which she preserved her mother's recipes by stitching the cards together and dipping or brushing the ensemble with a wax medium. Woolf, the author of "The Encaustic Studio," recommends trying the same with vintage knitting instructions or old, canceled checks.
Craft projects with vintage china
Pretty clay pots: Make your own
Denver artist Jamie Lang sold nearly all of his small, handmade tiles during a recent crafts show, and he can only guess the reasons why. The adobe tiles are minimally decorated — with a red bicycle or a solitary house — and covered with a thin, smooth layer of wax.
"It was new, something different," Lang said after the show in Boulder, Colo., while other artists packed up their wares to take...
