Carrollwood Cultural Center exhibition is called "Encaustic Impressions: A Florida Wax Show." The ancient medium dates to the Greeks. Encaustic means "to burn in." TAMPA, Fla. - A new Carrollwood ...

Kristianne Tefft always knew that she wanted to be an artist. From a young age, Tefft was excited about art, awaiting the days when the “picture lady” would come to her class, showing different ...

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.

It was all a misunderstanding. Her husband thought artist Linda Womack left the magazine open to the article on encaustic -- an ancient form of painting with beeswax, resin and pigment -- because she ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — First, the sunny yellow Moroccan tiles with white stars and a matte finish on the backsplash of Judy Joss’ kitchen in the West Plaza caught my eye. Then, while sipping coffee a week ...