The first sentence of the first article of this issue , “ I find that the challenge of wax is making it your own ” calls out a remonstrance to each of us as artists . That call is answered in the articles that follow .
FROM THE EDITOR
It ’ s always inspiring and interesting to see the range of how other artists make their work and shape the medium to their needs :
• Hot wax
• Cold wax
• Two-dimensional
• Three-dimensional
• Encaustic collagraph printmaking
• Photo encaustic
There are possibly hundreds of other ways of working with wax as yet undefined , unnamed . Many different ways to describe our relationship with encaustic / wax :
• Those who have been pioneers in the use of this medium and those who are just beginning to experiment with it
• Those who identify themselves as encaustic artists and use encaustic as their primary medium
• Those who combine encaustic with other media , or choose to identify themselves as artists who happen to use encaustic
However it is that you choose to use encaustic / wax , however you define yourself , we are finding that the encaustic community — and more and more — the art world at large , welcomes and supports innovation and skill .
In every issue of this magazine we try to feature artists searching for their own way ; their own approach ; artists seeking to “ make it their own ”. As always , we welcome you to send us links to your websites to be considered as featured artists in the magazine . We seek both emerging artists and those further along in their careers who want to share something of themselves , their work and especially their knowledge and experience .
Thanks for reading !