http://www.haleynagy.com Haley Nagy, Artist Wed, 07 Jan 2009 12:00:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en My husband inherited his grandmother's old cookbook, which is a "Beach Boys" notebook filled with handwritten recipes in Croatian. I fell in love with this book, but was concerned by its poor condition. Out of fear that this important, historic artifact from my husband's legacy wouldn't survive for his children, ... http://www.haleynagy.com/2009/01/07/bookbinding-inspiration/ December Survey for Mia Nolting from Haley Nagy. 5.5 x 7.5. Encaustic & Mixed Media. I decided to participate in a research project by artist Mia Nolting, who is also a student at PNCA in Portland. I have no idea what she is going to do with ... http://www.haleynagy.com/2009/01/06/december-survey/ Daddy's Little Girl. 5 x 7. Encaustic & Mixed Media. © 2009 Haley Nagy I'm pleased to introduce another addition to the No More Happy Birthdays series as well as my very first painting in the year 2009. The three birthday candles are a reference to the ... http://www.haleynagy.com/2009/01/05/new-work-daddys-little-girl/ The new year has started so it is time to get back into the swing of things. I put together a short list of calls for artists, specifically for those who work in the encaustic medium. I hope this inspires you to start applying to more competitions and ... http://www.haleynagy.com/2009/01/04/encaustic-calls-for-artists/ Ok, folks. Today's blog posting will be a wee bit short because (drum roll please)... I am submitting my application for the first grad school I am applying to, which I will code name "Grad School A". Tough code to crack huh? It is time to get off the ... http://www.haleynagy.com/2009/01/03/grad-school-a/ Intersection III. 30 x 22. Paper with beeswax, encaustic and ink. © Meagan Shein. Meagan Shein is a New York based artist with an MFA in painting. She has been widely published and exhibited, though information on her current activities has been a bit harder to come by (at least ... http://www.haleynagy.com/2009/01/02/artist-profile-meagan-shein/ Welcome to 2009! With the start of the new year, I decided to integrate some long overdue upgrades and give my poor blog a "face lift". Please take a minute to explore the new pages, particularly my updated Portfolio. I'd also been toying with the idea of a daily ... http://www.haleynagy.com/2009/01/01/a-fresh-start/ Who isn't inspired by the unknown monsters that haunt the ocean floor? All children have, at one point or another, been fascinated by the sea and the fantastical creatures that live within it. This terrifying vision manifested itself through a convoluted combination of my childhood memories of 20,000 ... http://www.haleynagy.com/2008/12/30/those-in-peril-on-the-sea/ My husband and I "accidentally" collaborated on a piece, due to a slight misunderstanding with the settings on my camera. Somehow I came back from Chicago with enough pictures of myself on the train to make a short stop motion video clip. I asked my husband to compose ... http://www.haleynagy.com/2008/12/26/the-train-ride/ Have you already read my tutorial on Getting Started in Encaustics and Making Your Own Paints? Then read on.... Transferring images onto wax is easy! First, prepare your surface with an even layer of encaustic paint or medium. Fuse, fuse and re-fuse until it is nice and flat. ... http://www.haleynagy.com/2008/12/16/encaustic-101-image-transfers/