Sally Bramble is a Birmingham based artist specialising in botanical and landscape paintings
Sally uses a variety of mediums, but her signature style uses encaustic wax and hologram pigments. She has been painting since 2004 but discovered the beautiful medium of encaustic in 2006 and was immediately smitten with the versatility of the paint and the endless possibilities for mixed media work.
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Pretty Little Thing
The use of hologram pigments and glitters lend an iridescent lustre to Sally’s work which enhances the 3D effects of the encaustic wax.
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What is encaustic wax?
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Encaustic is a wax-based paint which is kept molten on a heated palette. It is applied to an absorbent surface and then reheated in order to fuse the paint.
Encaustic is perhaps the most beautiful of any artists' paints, and it is as versatile as any 21st century medium. It can be polished to a high gloss, carved, scraped, layered, collaged, sculpted and combined with oil. It cools immediately so that there is no drying time, yet it can always be reworked.
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Encaustic paint is a combination of beeswax, pigment and a small amount of hardener (either dammar resin or carnauba wax).
Beeswax is impervious to moisture, which is one of the major causes of deterioration in other mediums. Wax resists moisture far more than resin varnish or oil and so is more archival than any other artists paint.
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A wooden panel is a great surface to use as encaustic paint can be applied directly onto raw wood, but an absorbent gesso can also be applied.
The paint is solid at room temperature so you need to melt it before it can be applied. Once on the support, it cools and hardens, and a heat tool is used to ensure that each layer is fused to the last. This makes it a very tactile working experience.