Getting Encaustic

Melt white beeswax

And apply to a rigid but porous surface

Like a plank of wood warmed with a heat gun

Layer upon layer

Infused with colors and textures

Covered with coats of wax.

Then you scrape or incise or scratch

To reveal your vision

And perhaps apply stencils or tape or tissue

Or found objects pressed into the warm wax

For a collage of memories and impressions.

Beehive Alchemy: Projects and recipes using honey, beeswax, propolis, and pollen to make soap, candles, creams, salves, and more, by Petra Ahnert. (Quarry Books, 2018)