Author Archives: Haley Nagy

New Work: Illuminations

Illuminations. Flag book with encaustic & handmade cotton paper laminates. © Haley Nagy.
As an artist, I am very interested in the concealed and disguised elements of our culture. These are the things that are “seen but not heard” or that “go on behind closed doors”. This fascination with the “hidden” has manifested itself in a [...]

Pulp Painting and Cymatics with Pamela Paulsrud

Pamela Paulsrud is a 2000 graduate of Columbia College Chicago who uses cymatics, sand and pulp painting in her papermaking process. This is another great example of the diversity of the medium of hand papermaking. Check out the video below to see the interesting way in which she combines visible sound vibrations into her work, [...]

Concealments Collaboration

Here’s a quick snippet of my husband, Zvonimir Nagy, playing Reveal, part of a number of scores he wrote based on my recent Concealment Series.

Waxed in Time: 4 Takes on Encaustics

Opening tonight in New York, Waxed in Time: Four Takes on Encaustics, showcases the work of artists Nancy Azara, Joan Giordano, Renee Magnanti and Kathy Stark. It runs at the Tenri Cultural Institute of New York until February 27th.
All four of these artists use encaustic in tandem with other media to stunning effect. [...]

Pulp Painting and Chuck Close

Pulp painting is the process of creating a handmade sheet of paper, and while the paper is still wet and freshly couched (removed from the mould and deckle), painting on top of it with pigmented pulp. Used in conjunction with stencils, artists can create very complicated images that become completely fused with the final [...]