Yakety Yak!

What’s all the yak about? During a residency at the 970 West Studio in Grand Junction Colorado, I teamed up with  my friends Seth and Morgan Kareus of the Harriest Kareus Yak Farm to tell the story of their orphaned yak named Suzie.

The original work was created using encaustic as a ground for etching. Encaustic is made from beeswax and resin. I love the richness of the wax and the fine quality of the lines produced using this method

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