Workshops for 2014

My teaching is limited for 2014. Here is where I will be:

Encaustic Improv
June 28-July 1
Pacific Northwest Art School
Coupville, Washington on Whidbey Island

Encaustic for Textile and Fiber Artists
September 28-October 4
TAFTA Geelong Textile Forum
near Melbourne Australia

Encaustic Workshops 2012

I primarily teach at Wax Works West with my partners, Judy Stabile and Wendy Aikin. We are offering 59 encaustic workshops for 2012! Here's the Wax Works West Schedule.

Listed below are workshops that I am teaching solo (except for the collaborative one in May in Jackson Hole).

January 24-29 Encaustics at North Country Workshops at Bennington, Vermont (full)

March 28-April 1 Spiro Arts, Park City Utah. R and F Comprehensive

April 26-29 R and F Comprehensive, Seattle

May 29-June 1-Jackson Hole Center for the Arts, Wyoming a collaborative workshop with Kay Stratman, Shikishi and Encaustic (through R and F Paints)

June 25-27 Pacific Northwest Art School-Encaustic Mixed Media (full)

June 29- July 1 Pacific Northwest Art School-Encaustic Boats, the ultimate mixed- media container

August 16-19 R and F Comprehensive, Seattle

September 15-Wax Works West, Corralitos Calif- Encaustic Boats, the ultimate mixed-media container

September 27-Lecture at Maiwa TextileSymposium, Vancouver B.C.

September 28-30 Encaustics for Textile andFiber Artists, Maiwa, Vancouver B.C.

October 22-26 Encaustics at Sun Valley Art Center, Sun Valley, Idaho

October 28- Rust and Burn Encaustic, Wax Works West, Corralitos Calif

Workshops for 2012

 

I primarily teach at Wax Works West with my partners, Judy Stabile and Wendy Aikin. We are offering 59 encaustic workshops for 2012! Here is the Wax Works West Schedule.

Listed below are workshops that I am teaching solo (except for the collaborative one in May in Jackson Hole).

January 24-29 Encaustics at North Country Workshops at Bennington, Vermont (full)

March 28- April 1 Spiro Arts, Park City Utah R and F Comprehensive

April 26-29 R and F Paints Comprehensive, Seattle

May 29-June 1-Jackson Hole Center for the Arts, Wyoming a collaborative workshop with Kay Stratman, Shikishi and Encaustic (through R and F Paints)

June 25-27 Pacific Northwest Art School-Encaustic Mixed Media (full)

June 29- July 1 Pacific Northwest Art School-Encaustic Boats, the ultimate mixed- media container

August 16-19 R and F Paints Comprehensive, Seattle 

September 15-Wax Works West, Corralitos Calif- Encaustic Boats, the ultimate mixed-media container

September 27-Lecture at Maiwa TextileSymposium, Vancouver B.C.

September 28-30 Encaustics for Textile andFiber Artists, Maiwa, Vancouver B.C.

October 22-26 Encaustics at Sun Valley Art Center, Sun Valley, Idaho

October 28- Rust and Burn Encaustic, Wax Works West, Corralitos Calif

Here is my Workshop Schedule for 2011.

My DVD and is available, so if you are curious about encaustic, or need a refresher, this is just the ticket for you! You will love my book, Encaustic With a Textile Sensibility, which is a "gallery between pages" exhibiting the work of 23 artists working in encaustic-not a how-to-book. It will become a show at the Kimball Art Center in Park City, June 4-July31. I teach for R and F Paints , on the West Coast, WaxWorksWest, near Santa Cruz, and independently. I hope to see you in 2011! I'm updating this on March 28, 2011.  More venues are in the works, especially for Australia-so please check back.

January 22 Saturday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest (full)
January 23 Sunday-Advanced Encaustic-WaxWorksWest
January 24 Monday-Encaustic Play Day-WaxWorksWest

Feb 5-6 Saturday-Sunday-Encaustic+Paper-WaxWorksWest (full)
February 19 Saturday-Boot Camp- WaxWorksWest (full)
February 20 Sunday- Advanced-WaxWorksWest (full)
February 21Monday-Encaustic Playday-WaxWorksWest

March 10-13-RF Paints-Encaustic Comprehensive-San Francisco (full)
March 19 Saturday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest (full)
March 20 Sunday-Advanced Encaustic-WaxWorksWest
March 21 Monday-Encaustic Play Day-WaxWorksWest

April 9 Saturday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest
April 10 Sunday Advanced Encaustic-WaxWorksWest
April 11 Monday Encaustic Play Day-WaxWorksWest
April 14-17 RF Paints-Comprehensive Encaustic-Seattle (full)

May 16-19 RF Paints-Comprehensive Encaustic-Jackson Hole.Wyo
May 21 Saturday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest
May 22 Sunday-Advanced Encaustic-WaxWorksWest
May 23 Monday-Encaustic Playday-WaxWorksWest

June 1-5 RF Paints-Comprehensive Encaustic Spiro Arts-Park City, Utah
This will be a special opportunity, as the show, Encaustic With a Textile Sensibility will open on June 4th, at the Kimball Art Center!
June 11 Saturday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest
June 12 Sunday Advanced Encaustic-WaxWorksWest
June 13 Monday Encaustic Play Day-WaxWorksWest
June 25-26 Encaustic+Paper-WaxWorksWest
For a preview of this class, get our DVD Encaustic+Paper

July   2-3  RF Paints 2 Day Workshop Melbourne, Australia-through Chapman and Bailey
July 7-8 Papermakers of Victoria-When Wax meets Paper
July 10-16 Encaustic+Paper Ballarat, Australia (full)
and more venues in Australia TBD
July 23-24 RF Paints 2 Day Workshop in Sydney, Australia-Chapman and Bailey 
July 30-31 RF Paints 2 Day Workshop in Brisbane, Australia-Chapman and Bailey 

August 5-6 Encaustic 3 Day-Rogue Gallery, Medford, OR
August 11-14 RF Paints Comprehensive-Seattle
August 27-31 Encaustic with a Textile Sensibility, Mendocino Art Center

September 12-16, Encaustic with a Textile Sensibility, Pacific Northwest Art School, Coupeville, WA  
September 17 Saturday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest
September 18 Sunday-Advanced -with Cathy Valentine-Encaustic-WaxWorksWest
September 19 Monday-Encaustic Playday-WaxWorksWest
September 20-23 RF Paints-Comprehensive Encaustic-Jackson Hole, Wyo

October 6-11 Encaustic/Textile Sensibility, Puglia Italy
October 27-30 RF Paints Comprehensive-San Francisco

November 5 Saturday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest
November 6 Sunday-Advanced Encaustic-WaxWorksWest
November 7 Monday-Encaustic Playday-WaxWorksWest
November 11-13 Encaustic Institute-TBD Santa Fe, NM
November 19-20 Encaustic Institute-TBD Santa Fe, NM

December 3 Saturday-Encaustic Boot Camp-WaxWorksWest
December 4 Sunday-Advanced Encaustic-WaxWorksWest
December 5 Monday-Encaustic Playday-WaxWorksWest

Encaustic Workshop for Fiber and Textile Artists

Lonely (detail)
encaustic sewn paper
18 x 48

I'll be teaching a 2 Day Encaustic Workshop for Fiber and Textile Artists
at the Surface Design Conference/SAQA Reinvention Conference
at San Francisco State. The Dates are March 22-24.
The class is limited to 12 students

Also a 3 day Class in April 15-17 at ZIJDELINGS in Tilburg, The Netherlands.

I always include a talk, entitled Encaustic with a Textile Sensibility during these workshops.

What you'll learn:

Safety
Supports and grounds
Compatability of Fiber and Wax
Creating smooth or textured surfaces
Xerox transfers
Collaging various materials
Imbedding objects
Line and edge
Working on paper
Dipping
Poured surfaces

Here are a few examples:

working with natural materials and wax

dipping fiber in wax

line and edge

collage with text

xerox transfer

Materials to Bring:

Plywood panels, up to 8" x 8"-baltic birch is best
your local cabinet shop will have scraps, and will gladly give to you.

Bristle or natural hair brushes. You can get cheap ones at hardward stores in the paint dept. (synthetic brushes will melt), two or three flat (hake, 1”,2”) or other small flat brushes, and two or three small rounds.. I prefer the split shank Hake brushes. Utrecht has very good ones.

Mark making tools: dental tools, ceramic trimming tools, palette knives, pin tools, etc.

Basic artists tool box: scissors, single edge razors, (utility blades), pencil, masking tape or blue painter's tape, roll of waxed paper (for wrapping finished work), ruler or straight edge, painting clothes or apron.

Sketchbook for notes

Collage materials: xerox prints, drawings, small pieces of handmade papers, small pieces of wire or hardware cloth, thread, yarn, fabric, small metal objects to imbed.

Beginning Encaustic Workshop

Workshops are based on what I have learned by studying with R and F Paints.
The workshop is an overview of many techniques which are listed and shown below.

What is covered in a beginning workshop:

* Safety
* How to make encaustic medium
* Supports and grounds
* Melting the paint
* Mixing colors
* Creating smooth or textured surfaces
* Xerox transfers
* Collaging various materials
* Line and edge

Here are a few examples:

line and edge

collage with text

xerox transfer

Encaustic Resources

Beeswax
Dadant and Sons
Chico 877-332-3268
other 888-922-1293

Damar Resin
Pigment
Sculpting Tools
Douglas and Sturgis/Artstuff
730 Bryant Street, San Francisco, CA 94901, (415)421-4456.
Richmond 510-635-8411

Torch Heads (state of the art)
WaxWorksWest

Encaustic Paint
Pigment Sticks
Medium
Books
Tools
RF Paints
Kingston, NY
800-206-8088

Medium
Clairvoyant Encaustics

Cradled Panels
Encausticbord
WaxWorksWest

Cradled Panels and special panels
Rodney Thompson
Redding
530-549-4961

Encaustic Ground/Gesso
WaxWorksWest

Split Shank Hake Brushes
WaxWorksWest

Encaustic Pen Tool-Hot Wax Stylus Pen
WaxWorksWest
Paint
Tools
WaxWorksWest
Encaustikos
800-836-8940

Pigment
Sinopia in San Francisco
415-824-3180

Rives BFK best price
Lenz Arts
in Santa Cruz

Moulding/Frames
Garrett Moulding
200 Coral Street
Santa Cruz
831-426-2020

Students having a blast at Whidbey Studio

This was an August Class at the Whidbey studio. Jan liked the class so much, she came back for a second time, and brought her daugher Summer with her!

Christy and Briget have been best friends since they are 12, and will do a marathon together in Athens in November!


Jan made a really cool cast plaster heart which she brought to class. She painted it and did a lovely xerox transfer. Even Mrs. Lewis, my high school jewelry teacher (who never let us do hearts, would have approved)!