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Etsy Beeswax Team Sale

For the Love of the Bee Etsy sale

During the month of February, the Beeswax Team will be donating 5% of proceeds to the "Save the Bees" research group.

The disappearance of bees on a global scale isn’t an issue to put under the carpet. Considering bees pollinate about 1/3 of everything we eat, when bees begin disappearing, we should do more than watch it happen if we want to protect our food sources.

Please come join us and show your love this Valentine's Day in an unconventional way! 

View our team comic to read more info: 
http://www.beeswaxteam.com/sale.html

And visit our forum thread for a full list of particpiants.
Here are your resources to help you understand CCD and for the sale this month:

To hear the Bee Team's first ever encaustic podcast
For more on 
Save the Bees research group
More on Colony Collapse Disorder 
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5% of my proceeds from any encaustic related item in my Etsy shop will go towards bee research. Purchase any original encaustic painting, handmade encaustic paint, Hot Mess wax painting tutorial, giclee prints of an encaustic painting, or necklaces featuring encaustic work and 5% of your purchase will automatically be donated. 

Roots #1 - new encaustic painting

Roots #1
Encaustic, Image Transfer, & Oil Pastel on Cradled Panel
8" x 8" (20.32 cm x 20.32 cm)
January 2009


Now available in my
Etsy Shop or through JamieRibisi.com

The idea for "Roots #1" came from a painting trade that I did with the Etsy Beeswax Team. Our theme
 was 'sharing' and I had just started using tree imagery in my work. I loved the thought of a set of trees sharing roots together; living off the nutrients that they were sharing with each other. Much like being a member of a team! http://beeswaxteam.com/holiday-gift-exchange-2/

The image of the tree is a transfer of one of my photographs onto the encaustic. These are trees from my backyard that I stare at from my studio window.  The roots are carved into the wax with a tool, revealing the color of the board and wax underneath.  I love drawing into the wax this way-- just like painting with wax, you never know what's going to happen!

I've also just started painting on Masters Baroque panels and they are so silky smooth to paint on-- I'm so loving these and Brian is loving them, too, because that means he doesn't have to help me build my own!  They are affordable, great quality, and come in many square sizes!  I love being a square :)

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