Latest News — encaustic

We know a lot of the beeswax we produce at The BeeKeeper® is used in skincare balms, polishes, candles and beeswax food wraps, but this week we also learned that Pearl Beach-based artist Marijke Greenway is now using our beautiful beeswax in her art too. The use of hot beeswax as a painting technique is known as ‘encaustic’. It requires the melting of beeswax (which smells wonderful!), mixing of pigments and application while still hot. The beeswax can be layered and while still warm can be shaped to add texture. According to Marijke, “Encaustic comes from the Greek (enkaustikos) which means...