With my new series “Places We Go” I am incorporating translucent hand-dipped encaustic papers, thread, and mixed media into my encaustic work. The papers are delicate, torn, with loose threads at the edges reminiscent of emotional upheaval, flights of fancy, or unfinished business. Yet the layers of paper sewn together and firmly attached to the sub straight conveying cohesion and meaningful connection. Altered by fire encaustic, transformed from molten to solid, underscores the paradox of vulnerability as the true source of strength.