waxworks encaustic supplies

Spring Savings – 25% OFF OUR ‘NATURALLY GOLDEN’ ENCAUSTIC MEDIUM! Reg. Price: $28, now $21 – sale goes until the end of May, 2013!

Our bee-utiful naturally golden encaustic medium is on sale until the end of May, 2013.  This encaustic medium has a fantastic aroma, and is great for mixing colours where the yellow tint will enhance the colour you want… for example: yellows, ochres, warm greens, reds, and a delishous antique white! Not recommended for purples and [...]

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End-of-Summer Sale 25% OFF our Encaustic Mediums! Order on-line to save on these wonderful, 5:1 wax/damar mediums in golden yellow & filtered wax!

End-of-Summer Sale 25% OFF our Encaustic Mediums!  Order on-line to save on these wonderful, 5:1 wax/damar mediums in golden yellow & filtered wax!

Save on our encaustic mediums for a limited time!  Starting August 8th and going until September 10th, we are offering our 5:1 (beeswax:damar resin) mediums at a 25% savings… order on-line at www.waxworksencaustics.com   We’ve also just added the Bernzomatic TS – 1500 Blow torch head to the ‘hot tools’ section of our site… a great [...]

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Home from the Encaustic Conference – back to ‘the hive’! Lots of learning to share…

Home from the Encaustic Conference – back to ‘the hive’!  Lots of learning to share…

 Just home and letting all the learning sink in from the 6th Annual Encaustic Conference!  Organized by Joanne Mattera and Cherie Mittenthal, I offered a demonstration with Lynette Haggard (me on the iron/heat gun, Lynette on the blow torch… what a team!) and a post-con workshop at Castle Hill/Truro Center for the Arts.  The group [...]

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6th Annual Encaustic Conference this week in Provincetown, Mass…. Can’t wait!

6th Annual Encaustic Conference this week in Provincetown, Mass…. Can’t wait!

Packing this week for the 6th Annual Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, Mass…. organized by Joanne Mattera and Cherie Mittenthal!  It’s such a great place to learn more about this beautiful medium that so many of us are falling in love with.  I’m teaching a workshop this year on the iron and heat gun with Lynette [...]

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Live radio show – andrea bird talks about encaustic with mark lipinski! tune in…. june 8th at 4:15pm (EST) or check it out later on!

Live radio show – andrea bird talks about encaustic with mark lipinski! tune in…. june 8th at 4:15pm (EST) or check it out later on!

 Home from the 5th Annual Encaustic Conference and ready to talk about it on the radio tomorrow in an interview!  www.toginet.com and click on ‘listen live’ to find out about encaustic painting, the wonderful contemporary artists that use this luscious medium and how much I love it… interview takes place on Wed. June 8th at [...]

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Spring Awakenings at the hive – Alton Mill on Apr. 30, May 1, 7 & 8th, 2011 (2 weekends only)… an art experience unlike any other!

Spring Awakenings at the hive – Alton Mill on Apr. 30, May 1, 7 & 8th, 2011 (2 weekends only)… an art experience unlike any other!

Join us this weekend, and next (April 30, May 1st, 7th and 8th @ the Alton Mill (www.altonmill.ca) for Spring Awakenings, their yearly celebration of this time of year… there will be hands-on ‘Give it a Whirl!’s  in the hive (studio 201)… with me at 11am, noon, 1pm and 3 pm each day.  I will give [...]

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NEW SCHEDULE! Updated Encaustic courses/workshops with andrea bird @the hive in alton! Feb.- June 2011…

NEW SCHEDULE! Updated Encaustic courses/workshops with andrea bird @the hive in alton!  Feb.- June 2011…

 New Schedule with exciting, never-before-offered workshops and courses!   In response to the demand, there is now an Encaustic 4  and half-day introductory courses to encaustic, a parent/child workshop and the usual Encaustic 1, 2 & 3.  Phew!  Looks like it’s gearing up to be a busy and interesting year… please contact me if you have any [...]

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gift certificates available @the hive for the encaustic enthusiast in your life… for workshops/art/supplies! Contact us to find out more…

gift certificates available @the hive for the encaustic enthusiast in your life… for workshops/art/supplies! Contact us to find out more…

  We’ve had many requests for gift certificates, and are happy to see people using them as a wonderful gift for someone in their life who would like to take a workshop, buy art, and/or some of Waxworks Encaustic supplies.  Call us at 519-323-3437 or 323-7611 to find out how to purchase one.   No minimum amount.

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