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8-2012

Modifying Vegetable Oil for Encaustic PaintingLinxing Yao

Barbara WaltonIowa State University, bewalton@iastate.edu

Tong WangIowa State University, tongwang@iastate.edu

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Modifying Vegetable Oil for Encaustic Painting

AbstractThe work depicted in this article results from collaboration among lipid scientists and an artist. Thecollaboration started seven years ago when Barbara Walton, an art professor at Iowa State University (ISU) inAmes, USA, read a news story about soywax candles with clean-burning properties characterized by a lipidprofessor at ISU, Tong Wang.

DisciplinesFood Chemistry | Food Science | Human and Clinical Nutrition | Molecular, Genetic, and BiochemicalNutrition | Plant Sciences

CommentsThis article is published as Yao, L., T. Wang, B. Walton. 2012. Modifying Vegetable Oil for Encaustic Painting.Inform 23:474-475. Posted with permission.

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