DI Finds

Early this morning, November 1, 2019, after cutting a mat and framing my encaustic painting which I call 'Blizzard', I went to the local Deseret Industries and found some items to use with my encaustic setup; two nice small stainless steel sauce pans with lids and a small sauce warmer. The cost was less than ten dollars for everything.  In the afternoon I briefly stopped by the DI at 4500 South and found a very nice double ceramic pot, with the additional advantage that the pots are not only covered but can be removed for cleaning which I plan to use for encaustic medium, both Damar and Carnauba.  I believe I will use the sauce warmer for the soy wax 'brush cleaner' I purchased at Michael's Craft with a  40% discount coupon.  While there I spotted a desk with a nice glass top for $20.  After taking Rudy and Hannah to the playground and McDonalds I returned to the DI and purchased the desk.   Fortunately it fit inside the back of my car with the back seats flattened.  I plan to dismember the desk and use the glass for my work surface for doing encaustic work since it is both heat resistant and easily cleaned of wax residue.  I was pondering what I would do to isolate the work surface from the surrounding studio furniture when I went looking for a cast iron skillet on Amazon.  I found a folding metal screen that is supposed to be used to keep grease from spreading.  I ordered two, one for my stove and one for my encaustic area.  I also got two polycarbonate scrapers which will mean one for the studio and one for the kitchen.  I have been spending quite a lot on finishing out the needs for getting fulltime into encaustic, but the items I picked up from DI combined with other items I have on hand have reduced the expense.