You can paint with encaustic. You can sculpt with it and layer it. You can heat it so it’s like a molasses smoothy or heat it a little more so it can flow like water. When you add pigment, the colors ...

Kristianne Tefft found a passion for encaustic art and now she teaches others.

Photographer Dana Patterson Roth invoked a paraphrased passage from author Fyodor Dostoevsky in explaining why trees are the subject of her latest show: “I don’t know how one can walk by a tree and ...

Denver artist Jamie Lang sold nearly all of his small, handmade tiles during a recent crafts show, and he can only guess the reasons why. The adobe tiles are minimally decorated — with a red bicycle ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook In the quiet darkness just before morning, LSA senior Ariela Steif leans over her work table.

This undated publicity photo provided by Interweave/F+W Media shows artist Daniella Woolf's piece, "Serviette," in which she adhered various papers, including paper napkins and die-cut shapes, with ...

A new Carrollwood Cultural Center exhibition, "Encaustic Impressions: A Florida Wax Show," shows what artists can create when they "paint with wax." ...

At its simplest, encaustic painting is painting with wax, traditionally beeswax. The method was practiced by Greek artists as far back as the 5th Century B.C.E. The best known encaustic works are ...

A pop of color, a play of pattern. Ever notice the exotic-looking colorful tile in old brownstone entries and wonder what it is? It’s called encaustic tile, and it’s been around since medieval times ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Encaustic tiles can be a stunning addition to your interior, but it ...