| There
is something irresistible about a craft that is as ancient
as the Egyptians yet which also has the properties to free
the child in people. Encaustic art pioneer (he invented the
tools) Michael Bossom shows how you can paint on a number
of different surfaces from wood to tissue paper and incorporate
such things as embroidery and rubber stamps. If you have worked
through some landscapes and abstracts and want to know where
to go next, this is the book for you. Use your hairdryer to
blast the wax into amazing patterns, iron your work onto fabric
and make mosaics and collages - in short, have a blast.
Originally
published back in 2002 this is the second of two books on
the subject by this author, the first being the beginner primer
Encaustic Art. There is a book two feel about the project
book and it is ideal for those who have already mastered the
basics. It does skim through what a beginner needs to know,
but if you have never done it before, getting the first book
is a must. The parts about making different patterns with
the iron, showcasing some new tools and composing pictures
are all very useful and if you are one of those who thinks
that encaustic art is all about fantasy landscapes then you
will have a surprise. To this end I was most pleased as this
is, in my own experience, what has put some people off the
craft in the past and to see flowers, conventional landscapes
and abstracts shows that it is indeed a craft for anybody
who wants to paint. Encaustic wax is another form of paint
in fact. Those who enjoy the popular hobbies of fabric arts
and rubber stamping have cleverly been included in this book,
too, so all in all this might draw a larger group of people
into encaustic art's intoxicating web. A good book that is
a lot of fun.
If you
cannot find a good range of encaustic art materials locally
try www.searchpress.com
for a list of suppliers.
www.encaustic.com
is based in Wales but ships worldwide and has a large range
of items. |
