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While there is a multiplicity of substrates available to encaustic artists, there is none so
satisfying as the texture and feel of paper. Artists, enamored of the textural quality of paper, have
been applying paper over other firmer supports to create an absorbent ground and have used handmade
papers as collage elements in their work for years. This workshop goes one step further by
providing participants with an experience of making their own paper and their own supports for their
work. The three-day workshop covers the following: • Discussion of basic materials, formulas and safety procedures • Experiences in making paper and creating unique supports for encaustic painting • Understanding the properties of wax on handmade paper • Demonstrations of tools and techniques for working with paper and wax include: Day One: Making sheet paper, Collograph paper, Wrapping paper and creating a dimensional support, Adding Inclusions and Pulp Painting with Stencils Day Two: High Shrinkage paper and sculpture, Painting and glazing handmade paper, Oil sticks on paper. Day Three: Building up wax on sculpture support, Mixed media techniques for paper. Regularly scheduled demonstrations will leave plenty of time for hands-on-experience. |
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Friday, April 15th We will spend the first day of the workshop as a paper maker, discovering ways that paper can be wrapped, glued, waxed, pulped, pulp painted and cast. Students will create paper and paper substrates for use in the next two days of the workshop in wax. |
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Saturday, April 16th In the morning, we will expand the exploration of paper by forming high shrinkage paper into sculptural creations that will offer its own surprise overnight. In the afternoon, the wax will heat up and we will begin to experience the marvelous ways that wax can enhance the surface of paper. On day two we will concentrate on traditional painting techniques using the paper we created on the previous day. |
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Sunday, April 17th In the encaustic studio we will add wax to our sculptures, learning how to build up the wax on the paper through dipping and accretions. Moving back to our paper supports, we will use a variety of mixed media materials and tools-- including wood burners, torches, screens, stamps and watercolor-to create exciting under paintings for the wax. The afternoon will be devoted to work time, clean up and showing off! |
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Cost and Payment Options: Cost: $385.00 A $50.00 non-refundable deposit holds your space. Please register asap as these spaces fill up quickly! Balance due: March 25th ($335.00) |
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Cancellation policy: In the event of cancellation, $335.00 will be refunded if someone from the waiting list is able to attend. $10 handling fee for all refunds No refund for cancellations less than 14 days before workshop |
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Payment Options: By check to The Encaustic Center, 580 W Arapaho Rd. #271, Richardson, TX, 75080 By credit card by calling Bonny at 214-405-5993 Via PayPal (using your PayPal account or your credit card): Deposit - make a $50 non-refundable deposit: Payment in full - pay the full $385 now: Pay the balance (if you've already made a payment and want to pay your balance) - $335 now: |
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Michelle Belto Michelle Belto has been an artist and teacher since 1971. She holds a BA degree in Education, teaching certifications in Art and Theater, and an MA from John F Kennedy University in Arts & Consciousness. Her work as a performer, presenter and visual artist spans more than thirty years, three continents and thirteen publications. Michelle Belto is a traditional artist working in non-traditional media. She creates her own canvases from hand-made paper and then paints on these amazing forms with colored layers of molten beeswax. Her contemporary paintings sit on the wall like sculpture. Rich in texture with a luminous quality that is hard to describe, viewers of her work often can't help themselves from reaching out to touch the art. Belto has exhibited throughout the United States in such venues as the Texas Museum of Fiber Arts Austin, Texas; Victor Fisher Gallery Oakland, California; the West Bend Gallery of Fine Arts West Bend, Indiana; and M2 Gallery, Houston, TX. She has been a featured presenter in such conferences as the National Catholic Educational Association, New Orleans, Lousiana; the International Dance Fellowship Conference, Sydney, Australia; and Convergence, National Visioning Conference, Chicago, Illinois. She has written and produced numerous scripts including Hildegard of Bingen a full length one woman play that she performed throughout the United States and Canada. Her most recent grant, Creative Capital, was awarded by the San Antonio Cultural Arts Department to further her career as a visual artist. Read more about Michelle here: www.michellebelto.com |
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Supply list: Student Supplied Materials: NEEDED · *mat/craft knife · 1/2 inch foam core cut to the following sizes: 6-8 pieces of foam core cut to 7"X9", 1 sheet of foam core cut to 10"X10" · Some things to add to your paper (cut up comics or copies of type, pressed flowers, colorful fibers, or anything flat that can be added to the pulp or placed onto a wet sheet of paper before it is pressed. A partially filled sandwich baggie of each of your additives is sufficient.) · One leg of a panty hose (can have run or hole) · One Plastic cleaners bag or a yard of plastic wrap (like Saran wrap) · Length of dried grape vine or non-flexible lengths of natural twigs (about a foot long) or other lengths of natural materials · Box of straight pins (the T pins that are used in quilting work best, but you can use any kind) · Disposable latex gloves (for use with oil sticks) · *Oil Sticks (a couple of colors of your choice) · 1 gallon zip lock bag (for taking home extra pulp divided after the workshop) Student Supplied Materials: NICE TO HAVE · Watercolors and brush · 2 yards of light pellon (found at a fabric store-sometimes called "interfacing") · Wood Burner (and rheostat for controlling temp, we have just a few at The Encaustic Center) · Bag each of dried beans and dried peas · *Embossing materials (textural items for making an impression in wet paper, such as piece of screen, wire or anything flat and textural.) · Pair of scissors *Items can be shared if you have a friend taking the workshop. |