Encaustic / Wax Painting the word encaustic has been used for more than two and a half millennia and is derived from the Greek word enkauston, burned in, which in turn is derived from enkaio, to burn in. While today electrically heated painting equipment is used, in ancient Greece either cold paints were applied with hot spatulas, the cauteria heated over glowing braziers, and then burned in by exposure to heat (from red-hot iron) or hot liquid was applied to stone, wood or ivory. The wax used was melted beeswax with or without the addition of drying oil (nut oil). Fēng Shui also Fengshui "wind and water" is a Daoist harmony teaching from China. The goal of Feng Shui is the harmonization of man with his environment, which is to be achieved by a special design of the living and living spaces. Encaustic / wax painting the word encaustic has been used for more than two and a half millennia and derives from the Greek word enkauston, to burn in, which in turn is from enkaio, to burn in.While electrically heated painting implements are used today, in Greek antiquity either cold colors were applied with hot spatulas, the cauteria heated over glowing braziers, and then burned in by heat radiation (by glowing iron) or applied hot liquid to stone, wood or ivory. Melted beeswax with or without the addition of drying oil (nut oil) was used as the wax. Feng Shui "wind and water") is a Taoist harmony theory from China. The aim of Feng Shui is the harmonization of people with their environment, which is to be achieved through a special design of living and living spaces.

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Encaustic Feng Shui Concept of Yin and Yang 01 by Josef Johann Michel. Available as an art print on canvas, photo paper, watercolor board, uncoated paper or Japanese paper.
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