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Type of paint, pigment

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The basis of these patterns is encaustic, an ancient technique using melted wax.
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Multidimensional encaustic painting and multimedia work by the D.C.-based artist.
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Nodine's lush encaustic paintings have received national and international acclaim.
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Long-Postal uses encaustic wax to create atmospheric, geometric abstractions.
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For example, encaustic or wax paints are liquid when warm, and harden upon cooling.
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Working in encaustic, or tinted wax, allows her to create layers of color and depth.
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Walton's next product was inlaid linoleum, which resembled encaustic tiles, in 1882.
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Byzantineicons are also derived from the encaustic panel painting tradition.
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Long, 45, works with wax encaustic, or layers of pigmented beeswax applied with heat.
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More examples
  • A paint consisting of pigment mixed with melted beeswax; it is fixed with heat after application
  • A painting medium in which pigment is suspended in a binder of hot wax.
  • Style of painting using pigments mixed with hot wax, which are burned-in as an inlay.
  • Tile decorated with colored clays inlaid and fired. Also colored tile laid in a wall or floor to form a pattern.
  • A painting technique in which heated wax is used as a colouring and sealing medium
  • The technique of painting with colors in hot wax. When completed, a heat source is passed above the painting to provide exactly enough heat to fuse the colors together without running.
  • Late Victorian flooring tiles, which are patterned by baking in colours to form the surface of the tile and in geometric shapes.
  • The process of using pigments dissolved in hot wax as a medium for painting
  • A wax-based painting medium first used by the ancient Greeks and Romans. Modern encaustic paints are made of wax, resin and pigment and may be manipulated by the use of heating tools, direct flames and other methods for melting and fusing.