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CUNI COLOURS
Renowned Spanish artist Jose Cuni has worked for half a century to unlock the mystery of the evasive formula of the paint used by ancient Greek and Roman artists. While on a scholarship in Naples to study the Pompeiian wall paintings in the 60s, he found a lead among the traditional stuccoists in the Naples area. In 1962, Cuní developed the formulation of the water-soluble encaustic based on beeswax and soap, confirming its outstanding quality and capacity to reproduce the execution features that characterize Roman wall paintings. Now his sons have taken up the baton to produce this historically important paint.
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ABOUT US
We set up shop in 2015 with the sole purpose to help and spread the word about this long lost paint with the aim to secure its deserved permanent place alongside oil and acrylic. As friends of the Cuni family we witnessed the year long struggle to get José's findings validated by leading art institutions and historians. When José's findings got finally validated by The Royal Society of Chemistry and the Smithonian we decided to step up and do our bit to make this paint available to all. We are delighted to see our community growing steadily.
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PAINT CHARACTERISTICS
Cuni Water-soluble Artist Paint is manufactured with pure beeswax, has exceptional waster solubility, is non toxic and can be used on pretty much any surface including wet or uncured lime or cement mortar. The medium binds more pigment than any other existing paint medium, resulting in incredibly vibrant colours even when applied in a thin layer. Cuní colours can be blended with acrylic, oil, watercolour, casein and egg, glue and gum tempera colours and media. Water-soluble encaustic paint demonstrates high durability, as evidenced by the state of conservation of Roman artworks painted with this technique.
CHARACTERISTICSA ‘NEW’ 2000 YEAR OLD PAINT
This is the exact paint artists held in their hands in Greco Roman antiquity. And it's a true colour bomb. 💥 No medium out there can bind that much pigment. This is the reason why the colours stay so incredibly vibrant even when watered down to the consistency of ink. DaVinci failed to get this lost formula right for his Battle of Anghiari, but thanks to the perseverance of the Cuní family, this paint is now back after 2000 years.
FREE UK SHIPPING OVER 60£
We are really in it to make this paint available to as many artists as possible, thus we're keeping our shipping rates down as much as we can afford. We offer free shipping on any order over 60£ inside the UK - don't forget to claim it at check out. For international shipping we are sticking to the lowest flat rate level we possibly can.
Deliveries to the European Community
There is still a lot of confusion with deliveries to Europe due to ongoing Brexit issues. The bottom line is that Cuni Water Soluble Encaustic is produced in Spain, thus an European product and therefore tariff free. We do state this on the customs papers (as ZERO RATED FOR VAT) and also state the country of origin (Spain) on our customs declaration. Despite all of this, issues can arise with some customs agencies, who try to blanket charge import VAT for any deliveries coming from the UK to Europe. This is in our case wrong, wayside robbery and should not happen. Whilst we cannot be held responsible for any customs charges you might incur, we are happy to issue you with a written declaration that the product is of European origin, in case they try to charge you import VAT on your purchase. Delivery to non European countries has not been affected.
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We are delighted to share that Pedro Cuní has contributed a really interesting article for the most recent edition of the renowned Wax-Fusion Magazine, issue VII, Fall 2022. He talks about the history of Cuní’s Water Soluble Encaustic artist paint and how and why this beeswax based medium with outstanding characteristics allows application as thick…
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