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Encaustic revelation : cutting-edge techniques from the masters of EncaustiCamp / Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch.

by Seggebruch, Patricia.

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North Light Books [2014]

Encaustic painting.

Mixed media (Art) -- Technique

9781440332951 (pbk.)

1440332959 (pbk.)

Alternate title:

Cutting-edge techniques from the masters of EncaustiCamp

128 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm.

Some copies may be permabound.

Includes bibliographical references (page 125) and index.

Tools and materials -- Creating colored wax -- Priming and fusing -- Amanda Jolley. Encaustic encapsulation : creating jewelry with encaustics -- Bridgette Guerzon Mills. Plaster and encaustic books -- Crystal Neubauer. Boxing encaustic : intuitive collage and assemblage combinations -- Judy Wise. Printmaking with encaustics : monoprints and collographs -- Kathryn Bevier. The primary core and the encaustic landscape -- Michelle Belto. Encaustid 3-D : sculpting with foam and wax -- Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch. Dyed in encaustic : indigo and procion -- Shary Bartlett. Hot fabrications : sculpting with fabric, fiber, Lutradur, Tyvek and beeswax -- Susan Stover. Surface design and encaustic -- EncaustiCamp participant gallery.

Encaustic painting, or hot wax painting, involves using heated beeswax to which colored pigments are added. The liquid or paste is then applied to a surface, usually prepared wood, though canvas and other materials are often used. A simple encaustic mixture can be made from adding pigments to beeswax, but other recipes involve other types of waxes, damar resin, linseed oil, or other ingredients. Pure, powdered pigments can be used, though some mixtures use oil paints or other forms of pigment. Metal tools and special brushes can be used to shape the paint before it cools, or heated metal tools can be used to manipulate the wax once it has cooled onto the surface. Today, tools such as heat lamps, heat guns, and other methods of applying heat allow artists to extend the amount of time they have to work with the material. From the founder of Encausticamp comes this guide to the wax-painting technique, including step-by-step demonstrations, innovative techniques, and examples of student projects and finished pieces.

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