Encaustic Creations
by Jacqueline
​ In the beginning of 1997 I was given a set of Encaustic Art Equipment by my uncle. I was not an Art student of any kind, I tried diffent Art Classes at school but could not draw or even paint with a paintbrush. I had always been interested in art and so decided that I would try and learn how to paint using Encaustic Art. The fact that I had to paint using a travel iron, a type of soldering iron and beeswax intrigued me. I could not draw or sketch but I found this form of art enjoyable and with a lot of hard work I started to paint.
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2010 - present
2010 - present
​​In the Begining
Over the next few months I taught myself the techniques, using a guide book and a video prepared by Michael Bossom of Wales. There were no Encaustic Artists in South Africa that I knew of who could be called upon to assist me.
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