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Encaustic Art

Encaustic is from a Greek word meaning "to heat or burn in". Natural bees wax and dammar resin (crystallized tree sap) are heated and applied to the surface. I love the translucent nature of the wax.

When working with Encaustic, everything is hot. The palette is an electric plate, brushes must be natural hair (or they melt). A heat gun or torch is used to fuse the layers of wax. While the wax is warm objects can be embedded into it. Electric batik pens and small irons create textures. India ink, pan pastels, photo transfers and a veriety of drawing materials are used to create one of a kind pieces of art.

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