Lissa Rankin is pleased to announce her upcoming book about encaustic painting technique, which will be published by Sterling Publishing in 2009. By interviewing dozens of artists who work with wax, in studio visits across the country, Rankin has compiled a manual of techniques based on how artists are interpreting the use of wax in the world of fine art. With step-by-step instructions and detailed photographs of the artists at work, the book will help artists master the medium, while profiling the art of prominent painters, sculptors, installation artists, printmakers, and photographers who use wax as part of their process. The book includes sections on the basics of encaustic, creating and embellishing smooth surfaces, building textured surfaces, working reductively, sculptural techniques, encaustic monotype, installation work utilizing wax, and combining wax with photography, printmaking, wood-working, textile art, and ceramic techniques.

Interviews are ongoing, but artists who have agreed to contribute techniques and/or art to this book project include Natalie Abrams, Tracey Adams, Jhina Alvarado, Ed Angell, Nancy Azara, Kim Bernard, Miles Conrad, Kris Cox, Michael David, Christel Dillbohner, Betsy Eby, Jeri Eisenberg, Carlos Estrada-Vega, Bill Fisher, Kevin Frank, Lorrie Fredette, Lorraine Glessner, Ruth Gooch, Dusty Griffith, Christy Hengst, Cari Hernandez, Howard Hersh, Robin Hill, Heather Hutchison, Matt Klein, Martin Kline, Mari Marks, Alexandre Masino, Joanne Mattera, Chris McCauley, Timothy McDowell, James Meyer, Laura Moriarty, Gail Patterson, Mark Perlman, Fawn Potash, Richard Purdy, Debra Ramsay, Lissa Rankin, Mark Rediske, Paula Roland, Jeff Schaller, Andrea Schwartz-Feit, Donna Sharrett, Adele Shaw, Thea Schrack, Michelle Stuart, Rodney Thompson, Theodora Varnay Jones, Tina Vietmeier, Elise Wagner, Daniella Woolf, and Hiro Yokose.