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Tea bags dipped in wax with photocopied images trapped inside

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The piece above was made using the technique of wax-teabag trapping. A large image is cut into many smaller images and then placed into individual tea bags. The teabags are then glued together before an iron is used to melt wax onto the teabags to permanently seal them inside. This creates a fragmented image that has an unusual frail and distressed quality to it.

I thought I'd start a thread with Do-It-Yourself ideas for a nursery for any DIY Mamas out there. I found this a few days ago and decided to try. http://www.chiccheapnursery.com/2011/do-it-yourself/diy-hanging-crayon-hearts/ Our baby boy's nursery is going to be light grey, pale yellow, and slate blue with a little bit of an elephant theme, so I used those colors and instead of cutting the paper into hearts I cut it into 3 different sizes of elephants. (: As soon as I assemble it…

Tea bag dipped in wax, trapped photocopy with thread

Wax trapping