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Branding with Heat and Fire – Lorraine Glessner

Lorraine Glessner

I can’t believe that it has been a week since I was at the 5th International Encaustic Conference. Last Sunday (June 5th) I attended Lorraine Glessner’s demo on Branding with Heat and Fire. Lorraine’s demo was about burning paper and … Continue reading

Patterned Effects and Visual Texture – Gregory Wright

Gregory Wright Encaustic Conference

Last week my Facebook friend, Artist Thea Haubrich posted new Encaustic work. In this painting she used a shellac burn technique to create beautiful gold clouds. I was intrigued and I wanted to know how to use this technique myself. … Continue reading

Choosing the right encaustic fusing tools

Encaustic Fusing Tools

When painting with encaustic, one needs to fuse the first layer of wax to the substrate and then each subsequent layer needs to be fused to the layer below. The artist will fuse the layers of wax with either a … Continue reading