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if you have any queries or difficulties please do not hesitate to call us on 07824813003 and you will always be answered by non other than Brian Nelson owner of Encaustic Art UK.

Encaustic Art UK is owned by Encaustic Artist Brian Nelson, who is also the founder and owner of Encaustic Art Plus. We are the only importer of Encaustic Art supplies, tools, and materials in the UK.

The goal of Encaustic Art UK is to make art accessible to everybody of all ages and abilities. This is why we take our unique style of art and the tools we use to create Encaustic Art as far and wide as possible: community centres, WI groups, art groups, charities, churches, NHS wards, day centres, and mental health hospitals.

We don’t stop there, though. We also travel around the United Kingdom to many art & craft fairs, agriculture & game fairs, and holiday festivals with our Encaustic Art supplies trade stall. (Yes, we can even make art accessible to all in the middle of a field!)

We also have a shop at Elsecar Heritage Centre. Feel free to pop in if you’re in the area. We will always be more than happy to demo any of the products to you and let you have a go before you commit to buying anything.

Encaustic Art is an ancient craft dating back to the Ancient Egyptians. Today, we use a more modern method of melting wax and making marks and patterns with it to create artwork. Using modern methods, we can create artwork, both realistic and fantasy in nature, in a very short time using blocks of beeswax with colored pigments—no less than 48 different colors!

The tools we use to heat the wax blocks today are, of course, much more modern than those the Ancient Egyptians used. Today, we use three main heating tools: the Encaustic Art Painting Iron, the Encaustic Art Stylus Pro (graphics tool), and the Encaustic Art Compact Hotplate.

Each tool has its own unique properties, providing three very different methods of melting wax, each producing unique, stunning, and extremely satisfying results in no time at all.

If you plan to travel any distance to visit the shop at Elsecar Heritage Centre, please be sure to phone us first on 07824 813003 to make sure we’re not out teaching or at any events.

With the Encaustic Painting Iron and the Encaustic Art Stylus (Graphic Tool), amaze yourself with the potential. If you add the Compact Hotplate to the mix, you can really start creating all sorts of patterns and textures using our non-heated tools. (See store!)

The Encaustic Art Painting Iron, while strikingly similar in appearance, is very different from a travel iron. It has a smooth base with no holes and a high-quality temperature control that provides stable low-temperature control and ultimate precision when working with molten wax! The iron also packs flat, so it can be used inverted as a mini hotplate.

You will need a Painting Iron to use the Compact Hotplate.

The Stylus Pro is a heated graphics tool that enables detailed drawing abilities as you work with the wax colors. It functions as a pen, brush, and mark-making tool. Typical uses for the Encaustic Art Stylus include intricate borders and outlines around patterns created earlier by the Encaustic Painting Iron.

The threaded tip fixing system offers quick tip changes and allows many tip and head types to be used. Check out the tips and heads available in the store

Small and ingenious, the compact hotplate allows you to work directly on its surface with a card or lightweight board.

It can be used as a palette for melting and mixing colors, or you can swipe a card through molten wax colors to create stunning effects. This compact hotplate is a brilliant addition to your encaustic art tool collection and is the ideal tool to be used with many of our non-heated encaustic art tools (see store!).

Our three Encaustic Art Starter sets provide you with three Encaustic Art Gift packs, ranging in price and skill levels. If you have any queries about our Starter Sets, please do not hesitate to contact Brian at encausticartplus@gmail.com

This ideal STARTER SET in GIFT BOX contains all you need to begin. The Encaustic Art Painting Iron, 16 wax block colors, A6 and A5 white painting cards, a metal scribing tool, and a short multi-lingual guide (English, French, German, Dutch & Spanish).

Once you get this, you are all set to start your Encaustic Art journey

The STARTER SET PLUS contains the Starter Set in a gift box and also includes a tutorial comprising an 80-page book and a 231-minute twin DVD set.

These will teach you all the foundational skills and many potential applications of using the iron and stylus with the encaustic art wax block colors.

The STARTER STUDIO contains everything in both the Starter Set and Starter Set Plus. You also get the Stylus Pro graphics tool.

Together with the Painting Iron, this will help you to move ahead and find creative adventure and satisfaction, setting you well on your way to creating your very own Encaustic Art masterpiece.

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