a wax workshop

in mixed-media art
DANIELLA WOOLF

DVD

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encaustic
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TECHNIQUE

transfer with parchment paper

MATERIALS + TOOLS
Basic encaustic tool kit

(page 18)
Cradled panel or other

substrate prepared with a

smooth encaustic surface
Toner-based image on

parchment paper

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Burnishing tool

Parchment paper, also called professional bakers paper, is

available through bakeries and most grocery stores and can
be run through toner-based (laser) printers and copiers.
You can use each side of the paper twice before discarding
as long as you dont cut out the individual images from the
sheet. Parchment paper wont work with all printers and
copiers, so experiment.

1
3

After printing an image, run a plain

sheet of paper through the printer
to clean it before moving on to the
next sheet of parchment.) Place
the parchment paper, image side
down, on your smooth encaustic
surface. Rub the image with a
burnishing tool to transfer the
image to the surface.

2 | Repeat with a second image if

desired. I added a color image.

3 | Lightly fuse the image so the

toner will become encapsulated in
the wax.
4 | After fusing, allow the surface
to cool. Apply a thin coat of
transparent encaustic paint or
encaustic medium to protect the
image.

transfer with parchment paper

1 | Make a toner-based photocopy

on parchment paper of the image
or images you want to transfer. You
can also print in color with a tonerbased printer and transfer color
imagery. (If necessary, tape the
parchment paper to a base sheet
of plain copy paper so it will run
through the printer successfully. On
my printer, I run a single sheet of
parchment using the manual feed.

PROJECT

For this project,

I shredded multiple
copies of a printed
image of a painting that
I loved. I cut the image
in different ways
first with vertical cuts,
then horizontal ones,
then randomlybefore
rearranging the shreds
and gluing them on a
cradled panel.

MATERIALS + TOOLS
QBasic

encaustic tool kit

(page 18)

QCradled

panel, 8" 8"

(20.5 20.5 cm)

QWhite

acrylic paint or white

encaustic gesso

QMultiple

color copies on
uncoated paper of a colorful
painting or image

QShredder

or scissors

QRives

BFK or smooth
watercolor paper, about
10" 10" (25.5 25.5 cm) or
enough to cover all panels

QX-Acto
QMetal

knife

ruler

QCutting

mat

QPVA

glue or acrylic gel

medium

QOptional:

metal measuring
cup with lip for pouring wax

GA L L E RY

projects

Moms Recipes Collage

the encaustic studio

Sail Away Boats

Shredded
Love Letters

Collage with
Papers

techniques

Combine
Texture + Color

Powdered
Pigment on Paper
or Medium

Transfer
Drawn Images

gallery

CONTENTS
Introduction A Mixed-Media
Dream Come True
Tools + Materials
Studio Practice + Creativity
Fundamentals of
Encaustic Painting
I. Techniques
TRANSFERS
Toner-Based Images
Parchment Paper
Rub-On Type
Drawn Images
Wax-Free Transfer
Paper and Carbon Paper
Joss Paper, Metal Leaf,
and Metallic Foil
LINES + EDGES
Painters Tape, Incise and Fill,
and Wax Stylus Pen
Stencils
Pigment Sticks
Pencils and Wax-Based Crayons
COLLAGE
Paper and Die-Cut Shapes
String as a Collage Element
Fabrics, Fibers, and Plants
PIGMENTS
Powdered Pigment on
Paper or Medium
India Ink
Watercolor
DIMENSIONS
Cast and Pour 3-D Shapes
Pour a Level Wax Surface
Texture and Color Combined
II. Projects
A Day with Your Collage

WAX poetic with

expert instruction
Award-winning encaustic artist Daniella Woolf shares her groundbreaking techniques
and ideas in The Encaustic Studio. Inside this essential resource on encaustic art, youll
discover a thorough introduction to materials and methods and a wonderful array of
techniques, from image transfers to combining color with rich texture.
Daniella shares her unique approach to mixed-media encaustic art using collage,
written text, filled incisions, three-dimensional casting, and many other techniques,
along with advice on good studio practice and encaustic fundamentals. An inspiring
selection of easy projects will help you embrace the myriad possibilities of these
encaustic techniques. A one-hour bonus DVD showcases Daniellas expert teaching
and the books extensive techniques.

Moms Recipes
True Grid
Shredded Love Letters
Distorted Image
Birth Celebration
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Pyramids
Layers of Color Collage
Sail Away Boats

Resources
Bibliography
Index

DANIELLA WOOLF, known as the encaustic gypsy, has worked in fiber, collage,
jewelry and metalsmithing, installation, and encaustic art. She teaches for R&F
Handmade Paints and WaxWorksWest and conducts workshops around the world.
She is the author of Encaustic with a Textile Sensibility and producer of a teaching
DVD under the same title. Daniellas work has been published in many catalogs and
magazines. She lives in Santa Cruz, California.

Paperback with DVD

8.5 10.25, 160 pages
ISBN 978-1-59668-390-7
$26.95
Available April 2012