Encaustic Art has been around since 1986 and in its current brand design and colours since 1991. Changes are afoot & very soon you will find a refreshed logo and packaging taking the place of our current encaustic art product line. These products are much loved by the hobby art and crafter’s community. For fine…
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What’s coming up? Well, Michael & Shona will look at the basics of encaustic art, especially for those just beginning or becoming interested in getting started. These involve easy playful abstract cards and simple landscape image. But of course, there is so much more that this versatile wax and heat process can do …
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Hourglass stories is an A5 card that began as a colour choice which turned into some colour effects that gave a basis for the stories to be broken-open. The hope is that the fluidity of the molten wax medium is matched by the fluidity of imagination. These stories are endless ..
You now have a much faster and easier way to select the wax colours you would like to buy. Everything is on one page – just alter the quantities up from zero against the colours you want and then at the bottom click the add to cart button. Everything is added at once. But check…
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Corn People Petroglyph happened into existence during a playtime with the encaustic art waxes and the iron. Nothing too planned about it until the corn took form, then it all became much clearer. The corn people have many prophecies and much insight into nature and the earth. Their ways may appear simple, but when simple…
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Patterns abound in landscape and the world around us. This image came from a decision to create a view, a panorama of imagined landscape. Combining that landscape with mostly squared abstract patterns gave the result that I ended up with. Created just using the iron and the encaustic art wax block colours onto an A4…
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The central motif of this image on an A4 white card came in very few strokes. The red mountain shouted to my eyes “Look at me, I’m here and awake!” There was no denying that call, so the work continued on around that visual missive. Something both musical and magical built around the first expression…
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More white blank A4 card, more wondering what to do. Again, the wax started to melt on the iron and unplanned strokes divulged fresh stimulus to the awaiting mind. A central structure gave information, a starting point for development, a launch pad into a dream of creative discovery. The garden found its way into my…
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Vibrational Acceleration is an A4 white card painted using just the iron. The encaustic Art wax blocks give great effects for these thin coatings of colour. The whole idea and result occurred during the working process – just remaining open and aware to what opportunities came to light as the wax was applied and moved…
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.. there I was, looking at an A4 piece of card and wondering what to do. The wax started to melt on the iron and before I knew it the card was covered. Then what? patterns, abstract, look and see what is coming into focus …. .. nothing yet … then, after more playing, stroking…
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