[accessibleimage] Re: low tech wax drawing experiment

Hi Ann,

You can buy them online at The Ukrainian Gift Shop for example
http://www.ukrainiangiftshop.com/
The wax holding tool is called a kitska. They have two types one that is
heated over a candle to melt the wax and an electric one that melts the
wax.
These instruments are small so the line you get is thin and depending apon
how you put the wax on will make a decipherable line.
There are also batikk tools which where you can get thicker lines.
I have seen a tool listed under encaustic and batikk tools that looks like
a large kitska. It is electric and has a larger holder for the wax, which
I thought looked good.
called Encaustic Flow Pen  here's a link
http://www.fineartstore.com/cgistore/store.cgi?page=/new/product.html&setup=1&ida=16361&idp=1&his=0%7C1&cart_id=1831.244

I wrote that I wrote over a thread (double thread) with the melted wax and
that gave a more distinct line and I was thinking that this would also
work for thicker thread and yarn.
I was thinking that this low tech approach could be useful for 
1. areas with low monitary resouces 
2. Batikk and Ukrainian easter eggs are folk arts that are wide spread and
know how of these type of tools is pretty well known
3. one gets a quick result 
4. one can use existing printouts to draw on - I took a map out of my PM
and used that. Tried a map from a newspaper, but wax gets a bit absorbed

Robert's explaination of how his father made maps was very interesting. 

Best regards,
Lisa

accessibleimage@xxxxxxxxxxxxx skriver:
>Hi Lisa
>Where can one buy this tool?  What is it called?
>It appeals to me!
>Ann
>
>In message <440DF62E.8010307@xxxxxxxxx>, Lisa Yayla <fnugg@xxxxxxxxx> 
>writes
>>Hi,
>>I used to teach Ukrainian Easter Egg decoration, which is in essence 
>>batik on eggs. One draws on eggs with melted beeswax with a special 
>>tool. The resulting wax lines are raised. I got to thinking that this 
>>technique could be used for tactile graphics. So I tried it out. It 
>>seems to work OK. I drew on a small printed map. The resulting lines 
>>are pretty distinct. One benefit from doing this is that the lines 
>>harden quickly. This could be useful if one to make a quick tactile. 
>>Since the lines are thin you can use existing maps.
>>Then I found that if I wax over a sewing thread on the paper I get an 
>>even more distinct line. Then I put a little melted beeswax on thread 
>>and got a sort of wikkistix but thinner.
>>This is not meant as a substitution for svell paper and embossers but 
>>as an idea of what can be done.
>>Cheap, quick and can use existing pictures. Doesn't require a PC. Low
>tech.
>>
>>I used the very fine kitska, drawing tools used with Ukrainian Easter 
>>Eggs but imagine batik would also have similarly thin ones.
>>
>>I'll be working more with this idea. If anyone is interested in 
>>exchanging ideas, experiences about it drop me a line.
>>
>>(if you're going to work with wax remember to never melt wax in a pan 
>>directly on the heat, use a water bath- added this just in case)
>>
>>Best,
>>Lisa
>>
>>
>
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Lisa Yayla
Huseby Kompetansesenter 
Oslo Norway
lisa.yayla@xxxxxxxxxx

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