If you live in the Portland, OR area you may have seen our products make a surprise appearance on the AM Northwest Morning Show.  Their art and craft designer, Shirley Rufener used both Hot Cakes and Hot Sticks in her unique craft project segment called "Waxy Wall Art".   

In the brief segment, Shirley offered viewers a fun and simple project  idea of making wall art using wax paints.  This morning show appearance was definitely a fun and unique opportunity for Enkaustikos...plus, who doesn't love getting 5 minutes of morning show fame!  We are happy to report that since performing the demo, Shirley has truly fallen in love with encaustic and plans to continue painting during her free time.   

To watch the morning show tv spot, click here!   

This May, Kathryn Bevier from Enkaustikos will be holding two classes at The Encaustic Art Institute (EAI) in Cerillos, NM.  The Encaustic Art Institute is nestled on a high mesa between Albuquerque and Santa Fe.

The "Let's Get Started" class will be from 9am - 4pm on Tuesday, May 17th - Thursday May 19th.  This workshop teaches the fundamental working properties of encaustic paints to help students achieve a solid understanding of how to enhance their artistic expression with encaustic.  Kathryn will cover the following topics: studio set-up, preparation of surfaces, color mixing, the many ways to achieve different textures, proper fusing techniques, care and maintenance of supplies and artwork, and safety.  

The "Exploring Encaustic with Collage and Mixed Media" class will be from 9am - 4pm on Saturday, May 21st - Monday, May 23rd.  This workshop focuses on adhering, encapsulating, and incorporating collage and mixed media materials with transparent and glaze applications of encaustic paints and wax medium.  Students will learn different ways in which to include pastels, charcoal, and graphite into their work.  Participants will also gain knowledge of working with a variety of papers, gold leaf, and plant materials.   

Learn more  about EAI, their workshop schedule and registration on their website (along with fees and sign up info) at www.eainm.com  

We've booked our flights and prepared our trade show booth,  

the National Art Materials Trade Association Conference is next week!

The  annual conference -- which will be held in Phoenix, Arizona this year -- is where we plan to unveil Hot Sticks to art supply retailers all over the world.  We are absolutely thrilled and excited to be able to educate stores about our new product and hope to see it on store shelves as early as the end of April/beginning of May.    

Watch Our Sneak Peek Video On Hot Sticks!

Buzz around our Hot Sticks line has already started thanks to  our encaustic fans!  After releasing our sneak peek video on Hot Sticks earlier last month, we received so much feedback from our online fans and many artists even shared the video with their friends to help spread the word.  We couldn't have asked for more, thank you for supporting both our brand and products.  We truly hope that you enjoy using Hot Sticks and we will continue to work hard to bring you the highest quality encaustic painting supplies on the market.