Here I have come to a REALLY messy part of the project. It's not a bad idea to wear rubber gloves in this section. After the final coat of wax goes on you put it in the freezer for a few minutes and then crack it gently. What a mess it looks like then. You are about ready to give up! Hahahaha. After all that work? No way. So then you brush on diluted sumi black ink (or you can use really dark watercolor). You need to really almost pour on the darks. I used a foam brush to work it into the cracks and get it down through to the rice paper. Then you use Kleenex to blot it off really well. Ironing off the wax is a the time when you find out if you have anything worth keeping!!! Then I put a coat of liquid mat medium on a canvas and dropped (very carefully) the piece over it wrapping it around the sides and.....
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