“If there were an encaustic heaven, it would be the vendor room."
--Shelley Gilchrist in the Fused Chicago blog
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Evans Encaustics, R&F Handmade Paints , Miles Conrad Encaustics
Clockwise from below left: Artist's Woodshop, Enkaustikos, Paper Connection, Ampersand, Kama Pigments
Clockwise from below left: Artist's Woodshop, Enkaustikos, Paper Connection, Ampersand, Kama Pigments
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R&F Handmade Paints Kingston, New York
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R&F Handmade Paints began manufacturing professional artists paints and providing artist-focused technical support in 1988. Today, R&F distinguishes itself by continuing to craft the highest quality paint in small, carefully controlled batches where the eye and skill of the paintmaker are key. R&F has run workshops in their factory building and around the country for over 17 years. The Gallery at R&F hosts six exhibitions a year specializing in works in encaustic and oil paint. R&F Encaustic Paint and Pigment Sticks can be found both online and in the finest art stores around the world. For more info visit us online at rfpaints.com and connect with us at http://www.facebook.com/RFPaints
Specials: There will be deep discounts, new kits, limited-edition colors and a special raffle. Ask about them when you get to the Vendor Room.
As far as the eye can see . . .
. . . assorted bricks of R&F Handmade Paints
Is that Warm Pink on the mill?
Pigment sticks before the labels are on. Guess what color?
Who's going to scrape the bowl?
Paint bricks on end
R&F founder Richard Frumess in the shop
Below: The shop, home to paintmaking, workshops, and the Gallery at R&F
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Artist's Woodshop Stow, Mass.
Artist's Woodshop returns this year with expanded panel and frame offerings
Bees and birch--naturally!
Cradled panels
We
use only select Russian Baltic Birch plywood made from furniture grade Nordic
Birch hardwood for the superior dense and uniform birch wood characteristic of
the Baltic regions. Tighter grain from
growth in colder climates produces wood with superior uniformity, strength and
resistance to warping that is so important to the Encaustic artist.
Much
more expensive, specially imported multi-layered plywood produces the highest
quality professional art panels. Besides their beauty, our panels provide a surface appreciated by artists who
want to control their artistic process with the best materials possible.
Panel cross bracing for superior strength & warp
resistance
Below: Floating Hardwood Frames
Floating Finish Frames
Maple, Cherry, Birch and Walnut are valued by museums and
fine art galleries for the color and texture that ages with elegance. Furniture grade hardwood is cut to your
specifications, miter jointed and glued to provide clean edges without nails or
surface holes. The frames are then finished with the highest quality
natural finish sealer, highlighting wood grain and color providing a lifetime
of radiant beauty.
Monster Panels
Large custom 100% Russian Baltic Birch painting panels, sizes up to 96”, that can be shown as diptych, triptych etc. Multiple Monster Panels to be shown grouped are braced and pre-drilled for easy transportation and assembly. Joining hardware is supplied.
Monster Panel with a Birch Floating Frame ready to ship -
after break
Unique hex panels or other shapes made to your specifications are available upon request. Hex panels for individual show or grouped as an installation are available in all sizes.
Hex panel
Control your process – from the ground up!
Conference Pick-up Special Get the exact sizes you want. Order now and pay / pick up at the conference.Get the Conference discount and save on shipping or arrange
shipping at the conference.
Visit www.artwoodshop.com
for complete product & pricing information.
Contact Richard, The Panel Man, at artwoodshop@comcast.net with questions, for additional information and price quotes
for custom:
Small, Mid-sized and large “Monster” Panels
Hardwood Floating Frames
Hex panels
Pour panels
Custom size & shape panels
Ampersand Buda, Texas
Only Encausticbord has a ready to use surface formulated for the unique demands of encaustic painting and mixed media. Encaustic gesso is applied to Ampersand’s sealed Hardbord™ panel to form a bright, smooth and velvety surface that is ready to use. The ground is not only heat resistant and highly absorbent, but also holds tight to layers of wax and collage without the fear of cracking or separation. Encausticbord is available in 5 profiles: 1/8” flat, ¼” flat, 7/8” cradle, 1.5” cradle and 2”deep cradle. Made by hand in Buda, Texas, from all U.S. sourced and renewable wood products.
Ampersand Encausticbord™
True Support for Encaustic and Mixed Media
Francisco
Benitez demonstrating one of R&F’s heated tools on Encausticbord™
Encausticbord was developed in a
creative collaboration with R&F Handmade Paints that began in 2008 when the
two manufacturers started working together to dream up the perfect surface for
encaustic paints. This combination of Ampersand’s archival panel coating
technology and R&F’s expertise in encaustics led to Encausticbord™, a
unique wood panel that has the tooth to hold encaustic and mixed media unlike
any other surface.
Detail of
Laura Moriarty’s image transfer process on Encausticbord™
Lisa
Pressman demoing R&F pigment sticks on the Encausticbord™
Why do you need a surface for encaustic?
Richard Frumess from R&F
Handmade paints explains: “When I began painting in encaustic, one of my first
questions was “What can I paint on?” In 1988, I began building a business
manufacturing encaustic paint and in 23 years, this question remains one of the
most commonly asked. The answer has been that a support should be dimensionally
stable. It should be as absorbent as possible. It should be heat resistant.
Plywoods and hardboards were able to fill this purpose. If you wanted a white
background however, you would have to mount watercolor paper to your panel or
use the labor-intensive rabbit skin glue gesso method. Happily, when we joined
forces with Ampersand, we were able to craft a one-word answer: Encausticbord.”
Ideal for all Types of Encaustics, Oils, Image-transfers and Collage
Professional encaustic painters
attest to how exceptionally well Encausticbord works when used alone with
encaustic paint or in combination with a wide variety of mixed media techniques
including collage, oil paints and oil sticks, image transfers and incising.
Encausticbord makes it easy to create incredible textures, colors and patterns
because of its remarkably receptive surface. It’s not just for encaustic
either; watermedia works wonders! Try it with acrylics, watercolors, inks,
graphite and even egg tempera.
Elise
Wagner uses the 3/8” flat panels for her encaustic collograph technique. Board
on the left, print on the right
Ampersand will be providing a FREE 5-Pk of ACEO (2.5”x3.5”) panels to all attendees at this year’s conference! Look in your goodie bag
Since 1996, Enkaustikos’ mission has been to produce the highest quality professional encaustic paint. To make the best paint we begin with the best ingredients. We only use Pharmaceutical grade beeswax, along with the highest quality damar resin; then after filtering we add artist-grade pigments that are lightfast, heat stable, and offer exceptional purity of color. We are proud to offer you a selection of 88 colors to choose from. 73 are single pigment paints that provide you with an opportunity to finely hone your color sensibility. Dan Sywalski, our paint maker for over 17 years, brings experience to the process. Dan uses modern milling technology to shear our pigment to its ultimate particle size. Each color has been formulated to achieve the maximum pigment concentration while maintaining good handling properties. Use either our original wax medium or XD to extend the pigment load to your satisfaction. Whether you want to make beautiful transparent glazes, apply thin veils of color or build thick opaque layers of color in your artwork, Enkaustikos paints has you covered.
Enkaustikos paint family
Enkaustikos professional paints are offered in several
formats. At last years Encaustic Conference we brought a sampling of Wax Snaps
to get your input, the feedback was tremendous and this year, we are excited to
bring our full line of Wax Snaps. We also offer Hot Cakes (45ml) already in
tins, our convenient Hot Sticks (13 ml) designed with direct application and
printmaking in mind and our one ounce (29 ml) discs, sold in any size from 1 to
16 ounces, great for bulk purchasing and workshop settings.
Above: Wax Snaps
Below: Hot Sticks
Above: Enkaustikos Sundries
We will bring all of our sundries and plenty of beeswax, damar resin and both our mediums available in bulk packaging for even greater savings.
Above and below: Enkaustikos Accessories
In addition to our paints and sundries, we will have all of our Enkaustikos aluminum printing plates, Enkaustikos hog bristle brushes, and our custom made Hot Tools. Our Hot Tools are handcrafted in solid brass. We offer unique brass bristle brushes that keep your encaustic paints liquefied until applied to the substrate, actually fusing while you paint. They come in a variety of different profiles so that you can create a wide range of applications from the smallest of details to painterly brushstrokes.
Slotted and hog bristle brushes
The Slotted Brush is designed to apply large, bold, textured strokes of wax color rapidly. The slotted design allows the hot air of the heat gun to flow through the brush, keeping paint fluid during application. The Enkaustikos Hog Bristle brushes are true work horses made from bristles originally chosen for masonry sign painters.
RAFFLE!
Raffle!
Be sure to stop by the Enkaustikos table to register for the raffle. The set includes:
1 lb. Enkaustikos Wax Medium
6 oz Slick Wax
3/4" Enkaustikos brush
6" x 8" anodized printing plate
3 Hot Cakes in Cadmium Vermillion Red, Indian Yellow, and Quinacridone Magenta
4 Hot Sticks in Anthraquinone Blue, Bismuth Yellow, Quinacridone Gold, Pyrrole Red
4 Wax Snaps in Cobalt Aqua, Graphite, Sage Green and Titanium White
1 lb. Enkaustikos Wax Medium
6 oz Slick Wax
3/4" Enkaustikos brush
6" x 8" anodized printing plate
3 Hot Cakes in Cadmium Vermillion Red, Indian Yellow, and Quinacridone Magenta
4 Hot Sticks in Anthraquinone Blue, Bismuth Yellow, Quinacridone Gold, Pyrrole Red
4 Wax Snaps in Cobalt Aqua, Graphite, Sage Green and Titanium White
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Evans Encaustics Sonoma, California
Evans Encaustics with paint maker Hylla Evans has been producing handmade encaustic paint for fine artists since 2002. Distinguished by the invention of encaustic-supportive gesso and Color Charting for all media, Evans Encaustics has round the clock customer service to respond swiftly to the needs of each artist and to answer technical questions. Located in Sonoma, California, Evans Encaustics ships Holy Grail gesso, Paint Sticks™ and soft, durable hake brushes worldwide.
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Evans Encaustics with paint maker Hylla Evans has been producing handmade encaustic paint for fine artists since 2002. Distinguished by the invention of encaustic-supportive gesso and Color Charting for all media, Evans Encaustics has round the clock customer service to respond swiftly to the needs of each artist and to answer technical questions. Located in Sonoma, California, Evans Encaustics ships Holy Grail gesso, Paint Sticks™ and soft, durable hake brushes worldwide.
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Evans Encaustics Paint Sticks™ are ultra concentrated encaustic paint. They may be used directly on the HotBox ™ where artists prefer heaviest pigmentation. Also, painters who use a larger quantity of paint will save money by buying Paint Sticks (tm) and breaking off pieces, then adding 3 times as much medium to the mix. Paint Sticks (tm) always look like a popsicle shape such as these:
Paint Sticks ™ warm colors
Paint Sticks ™ cool colors
PaintSticks ™ Duochromes
Brush Ready Paints already contain encaustic medium and are ready to melt and paint. They cost less than the same color in Paint Stick ™ form. Of course artists may add more medium to make any color more transparent. Brush Ready Paints are available in several sets. The Brush Ready Paints are available individually in a 52ml square cake and in 17ml mini size. Standard cakes look like this:
Evans Encaustics also produced the first gesso made for encaustic, Holy Grail, available in white and 18 colors, containing no acrylic. We have also designed and developed Color Charting, used for all painting media.
Paint Sticks™ are discounted at The Conference for the seventh year in a row!
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Kama Pigments is based in
Kama encaustic paints
Encaustic monotype crayons
Kama oil paints
Kama panels, with tondos and ovals a specialty
Pigments: fluorescents above, and earth pigments below
A selection of Kama brushes
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Paper Connection Providence, Rhode Island
Paper Connection International, LLC is your premier resource for fine art and specialty papers made by skilled craftspeople in East to suit the paper needs of the West. PCI is known for superior paper products dependable customer service, and for our staff with over 20 years of technical experience in the world of paper. Our warehouse and showroom are open by appointment and located in Providence, RI just off exit 24 from I-95. Please call us at 401.454.1436 or email us at paperwoman@paperconnection.com.
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Above and below: a selection of Japanese papers in gorgeous hues for printing, bookmaking and other encaustic-related (or non-encaustic related) projects
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Above: The Paperwoman (Lauren Pearlman Sugita) inspecting paper
Below: Japanese papermaking fibers
Below: A selection of Japanese papers, ideal for encaustic monotype, in a neutral palette
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We combine the finest milled pigments, natural waxes, and hand-selected damar resin to create these lush encaustic paints in the vibrant colors of the
Products: Encaustic Paint, Encaustic Medium 8:1 and 5:1 Blends, Beeswax, Soy Wax, Damar Resin, 'Thirsty' Absorbent Ground, 'Solve It!' Biodegradeable Wax Solvent, Custom Birch Panels, Imported and Handmade Papers, Brushes, Tools, Tins, Irons, Griddles, Heat Guns
'Solve It,' biodegradable wax solvent--unscented and non-toxic. Cleans tools and work surfaces like magic
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