PROTECTORS

March 24th 2014

Strength & Shield

PROTECTOR SIX (STRENGTH AND SHIELD) 600 X 300 mixed media on board

PROTECTOR SIX (STRENGTH AND SHIELD) 600 X 300 mixed media on board

I have recently been working with found objects and combining them with encaustic. This is a detail  of STRENGTH AND SHIELD from a series called PROTECTORS.

 

STRENGTH AND SHIELD started with finding what I think is an old hub cap on a skip. The metal bar I dug up. The rest is beeswax either with or without pigment added. Many cultures have favoured having talismanic/ protector images somewhere near the entrance of the home to ward off intruders and ill fortune.