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Techniques of Icon and Wall Painting - Egg Tempera, Fresco, Secco by Aidan Hart. The most comprehensive description to date of the techniques, formulae and history of Icon and Wall Painting. The book is beautifully designed and over its 490 pages, there are 450 coloured images and 180 drawings. Cornelissen materials are included in the text and in the images. Learn More

To use as a medium, mix with burnishable bronze powders in equal parts. Or use to protect imitation leaf, metal, wood, furniture and paintings. Learn More

A pure form of glue from animal tissue. Used for sizing paper. Used in gliding and for weak sizes in isolating layers in tempera painting. Learn More

Used by restoration specialists to revive and protect furniture, leather, paintings, metals etc. Freshens colours, imparts soft sheen. Very long shelf life. (approx 20 years) as long as it is not exposed to heat. Learn More

Cleansing/Reviving/Preserving wax paste for oil paintings, sculptures, any painted & polished surfaces except drawings, water colours or pastels. Learn More

Shellac is a natural resin that is deposited by the female lac insect on the branches of trees in India and Thailand. It is soluble with alcohol, but not with mineral spirits or turpentine. It forms a tough yet flexible film, with many applications. It is suitable as a top coat for gilding when applied thinly, a sealant for porous surfaces, an isolating layer for tempera paintings, a base for pigmented inks, a protective layer for collograph plates, and a warm varnish for wooden floors and furniture. As it is prone to darkening with age, it is not recommended as a varnish for oils, and its solubility can reduce over time. There are various grades of shellac. When mixed with alcohol, it may initially form a cloudy mixture, due to traces of wax in the shellac, but this should become clear once it has dried. The highest grades of shellac are Clear Dewaxed Shellac, which has been de-coloured using the carbon filtering method, Lemon Shellac, and Orange Shellac, which are pale in colour. Button Shellac is less refined and therefore produces a reddish varnish. It was, in fact, widely used as a red dye before synthetic dyes became available. Learn More