A Book with No Words. Altered book with encaustic & mixed media. © 2010 Haley Nagy. A Book with No Words is an experiment into what happens to a narrative when the text is removed. Specifically, I covered the words from this book in multiple layers of white encaustic gesso and paint – much like [...]
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 [...]
Now that the holiday season is over, I can finally share with you a special journal commissioned as a surprise Christmas gift for a very talented jewelry-maker, writer and all around crafty lady… who also happens to be one of my collectors. I decided to create a horizontal format journal because all the experts say [...]
A friend sent me this information. Considering my current state of mind, it seems perfectly suited to me. A BOOK ABOUT DEATH 1000 ARTISTS CONTRIBUTE 500 POST CARDS EACH TO CREATE AN UNBOUND BOOK ABOUT DEATH. The Emily Harvey Foundation in New York is hosting this event from September 10-22, 2009. This show was inspired [...]
Sweet Baby Rose. 4 x 6. Encaustic & Mixed Media on Paper. © 2009 Haley Nagy. SOLD. I just finished binding the special commission I received last week. Before I show you the final product, I wanted to give you an overview of the process itself. The patron of this project (Rose’s godmother) provided the content [...]
