Encaustic fusing tools are an important part of encaustic painting. Heat is used in every step of the encaustic painting process. You need to fuse every layer—first to the substrate and then every subsequent layer to the layers before.
There are a number of different hot tools that work well for encaustic fusing including: the heat gun,embossing heat gun, iron, blow torch and encaustic stylus.
The posts here in the encaustic fusing tools category will help you choose which hot tool to use when. Each fusing tool will give you a different effect.
The iron is a valuable fusing tool for encaustic painting. The iron is the tool of choice to get a smooth flat wax surface and it works well for fusing over stencils. I’m not talking here about a regular household steam iron, for encaustic painting choose an iron without holes. In this post, I’ll compare the Encaustic Art Iron and …
There are many different tools used in hot wax encaustic painting. Of all my heat tools, I find I use my small encaustic irons and encaustic art stylus tools, the most. Encaustic as an art form covers many different styles and techniques of painting and the tools used vary widely. Heat tools work well in combination with each other. I …
There are a variety of ways to finish the edges of an encaustic painting The edges of encaustic paintings/panels can be treated in a variety of ways. Some artists mask the edges, and then remove the tape and paint them in acrylic or chalk paint. Shou Sugi Ban is another option. Finish panel edges with Encaustic Medium and the iron …
How to Finish the Edges of Panels with the Encaustic Iron Read Blog Post »
Fusing is important when working with Encaustic 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 heat gun, an encaustic iron and/or a blow torch. Sometimes I use all …
Tools for Fusing Encaustic | How to fuse with different tools Read Blog Post »
It’s funny how, once we have seemingly mastered the basics about working in Encaustic, we forget how challenging they were to learn. I’m speaking specifically of using heat guns with encaustic. You experts out there may be smirking to yourselves, knowing, as I do, that ‘mastering’ a tool/device is an occasionally ephemeral glory, sometimes dematerializing before our very eyes, putting …
Using Heat Guns with Encaustic for Beginners Read Blog Post »
Waxing On: Encaustic Exploration Encaustic, by its nature, pulls us–as artists, into new territory. This is one of the aspects of it that I love. There is a sense that the medium is always at least one step ahead of us, gesturing playfully to “Check this out!” or “What would happen if…?” At the beginning of my exploration with encaustic, …
Ironing over drips & drops | Encaustic Technique Read Blog Post »