A LINE IN TIME
ANN HUFFMAN
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Ann Huffman
The elusive fine wax line that
went missing for encaustic art, in
the dark ages before the internet,
was found a quarter century
ago when technology gave us
temperature-controlled tools.
It was a short step then to the
temperature-controlled Enkaustikos
Wax Pen with its C-5 Pen
Point Attachment.
And there it was after all that
time. A fine controlled wax line
laid down with close to the ease
of a dip pen in ink.
The advantage for the encaustic
artist with the temperaturecontrolled
Pen is that the heat
needed to liquify waxes for
painting can be limited to its
attachment. The heated attachment
will melt into a wax paint.
The melting wax then fills the
attachment. The attachment is
then ready to add the melted wax
that fills it to a concept. Brass
bristle Hot Brushes, brass calligraphy
Pen Points, and Wax Writer
attachments, modeled after the
C-5 Pen Point, were developed
to expand technique options.
Dorothy Masom’s article:
ENCAUSTIC, the Ancient Art of
Painting with Wax, in the June
1985 issue of Artist’s Magazine
was the flashpoint that shot
across the nation and the world
to bring together artists interested
in encaustic. Soon,
Encaustic Network Unlimited
was organized. ENU sponsored
encaustic conferences and
exhibits. Artists attending ENU
events were astonished to find
that when they said “encaustic”
or “wax” no one
Said ‘WHAT’!? or ‘You paint with
WHAT’!? Mirage (detail), 14”x11”, Encaustic Wax, 2001.
Summer
16
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