Full Day - Wabi-Sabi Encaustic Workshop
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Wabi-Sabi Encaustic Play
Artists wishing to expIore imperfections is the basic principle of Wabi-Sabi, the Japanese philosophy of accepting your imperfections and making the most of life. You will play explore and dive deep into the world of discovery using encaustic wax as your medium. Encaustic is a perfect vehicle to explore this aesthetic. You will learn a liberating process of texturing, layering, building up and scraping back to create a fascinating "history of surface." Each piece will be the result of elements converging in a one-time-only way, resulting in fiercely original abstract encaustic painting, honoring your own process of self discovery. Imperfection is welcome. Play is promised and freedom and fun are guaranteed. Take home the principles learned and apply them to your art and your everyday life!
You will go home with a completed 12x12 painting
All supplies included.
Beginners welcome!
Cost $160
What Is Encaustic?
Encaustic is a Greek word meaning “to heat or burn in” Heat is used throughout the process, from melting the natural beeswax and dammar resin (crystallized tree sap). The medium can be used alone for its transparency or adhesive qualities or used pigmented. Pigments may be added to the medium. The medium is melted and applied with a brush or any tool the artist wishes to create from. Each layer is then reheated to fuse it to the previous layer
What you will learn here is just some of what is covered in this FUN hands-on workshop:
Learn various techniques, step by step
Melting, layering, painting, mixing colors
Creating smooth or textured surfaces
Collage, embedding tissue papers, gold leaf, silver leaf, bronze leaf, nails, feathers, fibers, and threads into the warm encaustic medium.
Small class allows for one-on-one teaching
