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Texas Wax Houston Members Featured in Cy-Fair Lifestyles & Homes

Marilyn — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 19:09:09 +0000

The Cy-Fair Lifestyles and Homes magazine features Julia Koivumaa and Gwendolyn Punkett of the Texas Wax Houston group this month. The article, entitled “Ancient Art Form Sees Revival Due to Ready Availability of Electricity,” gives a great introduction to the subject of encaustic painting, and can be read at Cy-Fair Lifestyles and Homes.

Bee Team Interviews

Haley — Sat, 30 May 2009 16:00:27 +0000

Texas Wax members, Sharon Kyle Kuhn and Deanna Wood were recently interviewed by Shannon Newby, the leader of the Etsy “Bee Team“. Etsy.com is a website for selling handcrafted goods, including artwork. Members of the Bee Team create products with wax in them, such as handmade candles and soaps as well as one of a kind encaustic paintings.

More and more members of Texas Wax are starting to launch their own Etsy sites so expect collaboration between the two teams sometime in the near future. Until then, please enjoy the following two podcasts, which are a way to learn more about some of the great individuals within our group and the exciting events that are coming up!

Photos from Degrees Exhibition

Haley — Thu, 07 May 2009 13:00:58 +0000

The Degrees exhibition was a great success! Enjoy the highlights below, including images from the reception and some snapshots of the individual works. See pictures from all our events on our Press Page.

P.S. Members – if you have additional images you would like to add, please contact Haley or Marilyn and we’ll upload them to the site. Thanks!