Mediums, Solvents, Varnishes & Grounds: Raw Materials
For the purist, we stock Dammar Crystals, Shellac Flakes, Rabbit Skin Glue, Whiting, Kaolin, Talc, and Calcite. We also have our own brand of marble chips, sand, limestone and coloured stone to add your own texture to your paintings.
- R&F Encaustic Medium Pellets$59.20Out of Stock
Encaustic medium is encaustic paint without pigment. Used to extend colors and to create transparencies. It is made of the same 100% pharmaceutical grade beeswax and damar resin as the encaustic cakes.
- Jacquard Damar Resin 8oz$30.60
These crystals are resin from a tree found in the East Indies. Damar Resin is used for hardening beeswax and raising its melting temperature when used in encaustic applications. Because the damar is in its raw state, as it comes from the tree, to make your own encaustic medium the damar must be melted with the beeswax and strained to remove impurities.
- Encaustic Medium$71.30
This 8/1 blend of White Filtered Beeswax and Damar Resin is perfect for encaustic applications. It comes in easy-to-measure pellets. Can be used alone for collage techniques or be mixed with any encaustic paints or pigments. 1 lb
- Rabbit Skin Glue 14ounce (454g)$59.95
- Gamblin Dry Pigments$22.80-$75.95
21 itemsThe same pure pigments used to make Gamblin Artist Oil Colors are in this collection of dry pigments. There are no adulterants. Each color retains the unique characteristics of the pigment, including tinting strength, undertone, and texture. Offered in 4 oz. (118ml) jars.
- R&F Damar Resin Crystals$42.60
1 pound (454 grams)
- Matisse Dry Mediums$10.30-$19.20
17 itemsDerivan has explored an extensive variety of minerals and man-made additives before finalising their selection of Matisse Dry Mediums. Many of them provide magnificent textural effects, never previously achievable. Others fulfill a more specific function.
- Art Spectrum Whiting (chalk dust) 500g$15.95Out of Stock
- Art Spectrum Talc (soap stone dust) 500g$23.70
- Art Spectrum Rabbit Skin Glue 500g$85.10
- Art Spectrum Kaolin (china clay dust) 500g$12.10Out of Stock
- Art Spectrum Bleached Bees Wax$38.40-$143.403 items
- Art Spectrum Shellac Flakes 250g
$63.10$50.48 - Art Spectrum Damar Crystals 500g
$108.70$86.96Out of Stock - Art Spectrum Calcite (marble dust) 500g$9.50
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Delivery Rates
Our delivery rates are:
- Prepaid A4 Satchel (nationwide): $5 per order †
- Local (Auckland): $5.50 per order *
- Local Towns (within 150kms): $7.50 per order *
- Rest of North Island: $9.30 per order *
- South Island and Great Barrier: $10.40 per order *
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