It’s always a big discussion – what is art? Is any painting art? Is any creation art? Is there a way to clearly identify art and separate it from not-art? It’s an old question with ever changing answers, none of which really want to be put under a scientists inspection. Here are a few definitions…
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A few new videos that can help to inspire ideas of how to work with different tools have been created and put on the video page. There is a small gallery at the bottom too. An A5 white card using the Encaustic Art wax block colours and working mostly with the white sponge block. Doodling…
DetailsAnother couple of hours on Hochanda where we were demonstrating the 4 Sponge Set and Rubber Comb for the first time on TV. This is the first hour originally shown at 8am on January 7th 2019. *Remember that on the rewind screen you can skip along the timeline and just watch the bits that interest…
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A short video by Michael that looks at work onto an A5 white card, initially created on the Compact Hotplate, then developed and completed with much more detail using the Stylus Pro tool. The great thing about work like this is that there is a lot of opportunity for adaptation, evolution and enhancement of the…
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Just a short little film using a bit of torn card edge to move and add effect to some molten wax on an A5 white card. Simple tools are often so valuable and always available. Happy New Year. Wishing for a super creative 2019!
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Christmas time again and what better way to find the mood than to create cards for family and friends. This year we used the Encaustic Art polymer stamp holiday season set to make reindeer stag s in the snow. Below are the results of that work and a basic idea about how to use polymer…
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Serendipity, opportunity, good luck, fluke or something else? Sometimes, images in encaustic art just pop-up into the pathway. This is one of those. I’ve called it “By the pool” and it is one of those images that finds itself created during the process – letting go and allowing imagination to fly free, just like those little…
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Disposable paper is used under cards being worked with encaustic art wax and the iron. When a new card or a card with different colour choices is started this backing paper is changed. Recently we have begun to stock pads of Workplace Paper, containing about 100 sheets of 443 x 322mm high absorbency paper. These…
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One advantage of rewind TV is that you can skip through it and just watch the bits that interest you. Here is the second hour from October 26th. Shona working with the iron and with some stamps and the sealer for the first half and then Michael working with the compact hotplate for the second…
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Time flies along and already we are back on TV with some more new products and some more demonstrations of encaustic art. If you feel like watching you can tune in live or watch on Hochanda.com in the rewind section. We will put the links here after the shows have happened.