Using the ancient method of encaustic painting, Berger combines a rich blend of raw pigment, liquid wax and dammar crystals, which she burns on the surface. |
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Fossil resin gathered from trees along the Philippine Islands, dammar comes in irregular, walnut-size, pale yellow chunk. |
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Full declaration Water, beeswax, dammar, methyl cellulose, Venetian larch resin, isoaliphates, orange oil, shellac and borax. |
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First, crush the dammar resin into a powder while gently melting the wax in a double boiler. |
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Acrylic and ketone resins are used in place of the traditional dammar, mastic, and copal resins for the manufacture of many oil painting media and picture varnishes. |
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Water, linseed oil, linseed oil fatty acid, dammar, borate, milk casein, orange oil. |
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Beeswax combines well with the dammar resin to create a matte finish that resists weathering. |
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The basic consistency of the concentrated dammar varnish is ideal for emulsification or allied with other ingredients to make glazing or painting mediums. |
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Dammar varnish is a lightly ambered finishing varnish made from a natural resin base. |
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Dammar gum based light varnish, fast drying. |
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