Mica & Wax Ornament


Technique – Mica Tile™ Encaustic Encapsulation
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This technique is easy, quick and a very nice gift or gift tag for pretty holiday packages. Because the mica is clear, the embossing powder transparent, and the encaustics colorful, it will be very pretty when lit from behind.
Materials List
  • Mica Tile™
  • Ribbon
  • Encaustic Wax or Crayons - 3 colors of choice
  • Heat Tool
  • Pointed device – such as the wooden end of a Handy Clip
  • UTEE - Clear
  • Gold Pigmented Stamping Ink
  • Simple leaf stamp
  • Eyelet, Eyelet Setter and Hammer
  • Krylon Pen – gold
Directions
  1. Select a Mica Tile™ - Really Big. Delaminate it into two pieces.
  2. Lay it out so that it will be like a sandwich, going back together, to look like one piece.
  3. Piece 1:
    • Sprinkle UTEE – Clear onto one piece of mica
    • Heat with the heat tool. When melted, stamp into it with an gold ink-filled leaf stamp
    • Set it aside to cool.
  4. Piece 2:
    • Heat the Mica with the heat tool, simultaneously heating the wax.
    • Draw into the melted wax with the pointed device, creating an overall ‘organic’ pattern.
  5. When complete, very quickly reheat both pieces, taking great care not to disturb the patterning on either piece. Quickly sandwich the two back together. They should adhere. If they don’t, heat the whole sandwich from the top and press down firmly with the Handy Clip.
  6. Set an eyelet and tie it up with a pretty ribbon.
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