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Hotplate
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An ideal hotplate is one that has a stable, flat & easy to clean surface, which is evenly heated and offers a refined temperature control. There are numerous types available but generally each is made for its own specific task. Some are for domestic food use, others for exacting laboratory tasks. Each has the qualities that suit its application |
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For small heating requirements or a useful working palette the encaustic
painting iron can be upturned and relocated into the handle structure,
providing a simple small hotplate. NOTE: with the handle attached as normal the upturned iron makes a useful and highly manouverable working palette, especially for close-up fine brushwork where retaining molten wax colour on the brush fibers is vital. |
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The A2+ Ultimate Hotplate is made for encaustic use, with a toughened glass surface and excellent thermostatic temperature control. This offers everything needed for use with molten wax art work using the encaustic art wax block formulation. |
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| See the A2+ Ultimate Hotplate in the online store | |
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This hotplate offers brilliant temperature control that varies almost unnoticably in the working situation. The dial spans from 1 to 12 and placing 7 at the top is around 70 - 75 C. So there is plenty of fine adjustment from the melting point of the wax blocks (around 65C) all the way up to 100C as the maximum achievable temperature. Hotter temperatures enable tin palettes (flat bottomed muffin tins) to be used effectively, creating pools of liquid wax colour during operating times. This enables techniques for brush painting with molten wax onto cold supports. Often this type of brushed on wax is then "fused" using hot air tools. |
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There are too many possible techniques to mention here but you can find some useful step by step pages in the techniques section above which are well worth visiting. Natural hair brushes (non-heated). |
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Scrapy Wax Movers are rubber style tipped tools to move molten wax around, to create marks and textures. Great for Hotplate and Hot Air techniques. Easy to clean and very durable too. * Also for application of glue in scrap booking, cardmaking or fidldy places. These can also be used with any liquids, paints, or even modelliing materials for making marks, etc. |
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| Sponges come in all shapes and forms. This small set contains
3 white rubber type sponges that are good for moving the wax colours around
on the hotplate or during hot air working onto card, canvas or board.
The orange sponge is textured and also far more absorbent. This is good
for creation of textures, foliage for instance.
All the can be cut into other forms or angles and even torn to give
more random edges. * Remember that certain sponges & plastics can melt! |
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