heidi michel bady

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Fractured Tree
This is an original Encaustic Collage Painting. It is painted on a wood panel that is ready to hang. I layer my own photographs and drawings with other paper between a fused beeswax and damar resin medium.

Piece measures apprx. 8.5 x 8.5 x 1”

All work is ready to hang and is carefully packed and protected for shipping and only ships Priority Mail. It is safer and reaches you faster!

If you are outside of the United States, please feel free to contact me for shipping prices.


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Encaustic has a long history, but it is as versatile as any 20th century medium. It can be polished to a high gloss, it can be modeled, sculpted, textured, and combined with collage materials. It cools immediately, so that there is no drying time, yet it can always be reworked. The durability of encaustic is due to the fact that beeswax is impervious to moisture. Because of this it will not deteriorate, it will not yellow, and it will not darken. Encaustic paintings do not have to be varnished or protected by glass.   Encaustic paint has no toxic fumes, nor does it require the use of solvents.

Encaustic is a paint composed of beeswax, damar resin and pigments. The term “Encaustic” is often used to describe both the paint itself, and the method for using it. Encaustic paint is applied molten to an absorbent surface, and then fused, (or re-melted), to create a variety of effects. Unlike other paints, encaustic is never wet or dry – it goes from a liquid to solid state and back again in seconds, which means additional layers can be added immediately, without disrupting your composition. Once the surface has cooled, the paint has reached a permanent finish, but the painting can be revised and reworked with heat at any time – minutes or years later. It takes at least 160 degrees to bring wax to a molten state, and probably a little bit more than that to actually cause it to move.