Description
The Ampersand Museum Series Encausticbord has a ready to use surface that is formulated for the unique demands of encaustic painting and mixed media. Encaustic gesso is applied to the sealed hardbord panel to form a bright, smooth and velvety surface that is ready to use with the ancient technique of encaustic painting. 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.
Ampersand Museum Series 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 with the ancient technique of encaustic painting. 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. A Creative Collaboration between Ampersand and R&F
Handmade Paints (authorities in their respective fields of wood
painting panels and encaustic paint colours) led to Encausticbord,
a unique wood panel that has the tooth to hold encaustic and mixed
media unlike any other surface.Through months of exhaustive
research and testing, Ampersand and R&F ensured that
Encausticbord was the most archival and dimensionally stable panel
available. 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, colours and patterns because of its remarkably
receptive surface. The Encausticbord ground has been specially
formulated to provide superb adhesion between the encaustic paint
and the surface. The ground is formulated with a very high solids
to acrylic binder ratio which results in a very porous and
absorbent surface. This highly absorbent surface allows the wax to
bond well to the ground. In addition, mineral aggregates are
carefully selected in size and shape and added to the ground to
yield a surface with a higher degree of surface roughness than
typical acrylic gesso, which allows for better adhesion of
encaustic.
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