Encaustic Collage

In this one day workshop students will learn the basics of collaging with encaustic medium, creating complex layered pieces of work on wooden panels. No previous experience with encaustic is required. We'll focus on fusing papers and fibers in beeswax, and though basic materials will be provided, students are encouraged to bring their stash of drawings, decorative papers, and old prints as elements.

What to Bring

• Lunch
• Bring prints, papers, fibers, oil sticks, Caren d'Ashe crayons, a stylus, and anything else you think would make a neat mark or would look good suspended in wax. Old credit cards would very well for scraping wax. Thinner papers tend to work better--tissue papers become almost translucent--and once the papers get covered in wax they tend to darken. Just FYI when gathering your elements.

Itinerary:

1. Prepare matrix by applying gesso
2. Watch a demo on applying wax and fusing--then get to it yourself!
3. Incorporate oil sticks and other mark making techniques
4. Add in other elements such as image transfer
5. Watch a demo on creating a frame for your encaustic piece