Balance

This encaustic painting is 12 x 12" and is a combination of beeswax and assemblage. I've used a round piece of semi-precious turquoise hanging from the metal curved piece at the top. I think it is a handle of some kind that I found at a junk store. It has a worn look with some rusty places. There are also several pieces of white bone and a shell hanging from it.  The center disc is a piece of salvaged wood and I coated it in wax.
If you look closely there are several things I have embedded on the surface. A small snippet of my handwriting, shreds of dried grass and cheesecloth, and a little brass x make up some of the texture.

The board the painting is on is recessed into the frame to protect the wax edges. It gives it a shadow box effect.