January Workshops

January

8th Making Simple Tape Bound Books
Using natural paints made in the class paint a large sheet of watercolour paper on both sides. While this is drying make a small sample tape bound book in preparation tor tearing your painting into smaller pieces to make a one of a kind artists book which you can work back into if you wish.

All Materials supplied




15th Playing with Egg
We will look at many different ways of using egg as an art material, from traditional egg tempera to stenciling, stamping and breakdown printing. Also learn to make traditional gesso. This one of my favourite mediums to work with as it is so versatile.

ll materials are included.

Though I will provide a list of things you can bring if you wish to personalise your work.

22nd Encaustic Basics 

Description: In this introductory class we begin with safety, the most important component in learning encaustic. We address ventilation, correct working temperatures, and the proper use of equipment. I will explain how to make your own of encaustic medium and paint, appropriate supports and how to make a traditional gesso ground. I will show you how to size a panel, the many different ways to apply paint, fusing options, how the paint looks at full strength versus glazing, and focus on how to achieve a smooth surface.

You will learn how to treat the edges of your panels, control your work through different fusing techniques, control your brush strokes and learn a variety of methods of drawing into and onto your work. Techniques include incising, filling, scraping, drawing and creating texture.

All materials are included.

Though I will provide a list of things you can bring if you wish to personalise your work.

29th Encaustic Next Steps 

Description: Wax is the perfect ground for inclusions and transferred imagery. I show you a variety of transfer techniques using carbon paper, carbon pencils, graphite, charcoal,, and toner based images. Learn how to collage paper and fibre into your work. Add bling to your work through the use of metal leaf.

 All materials are included. 

Though I will provide a list of things you can bring if you wish to personalise your work.

Prerequisite: Encaustic Basics I or equivalent skills

For Pictures go to workshop wednesday or click here

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Singing Spring Into Being

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These are now all the works on paper

mentioned in yesterdays Post

They are for sale through me

soewnearth at yahoo dot com dot au

for $25 AUD ea

Postage $2 in Oz

and $5 everywhere else.

I will be posting on wednesday

Tomorrow they will be for sale at the market

and then next week I will put them on Etsy

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December

Singing Spring Into Being 70 x 50cm

Sumi-e ink, graphite, titanium dioxide, milk,

rabbit skin glue, yellow ochre, burnt sienna

on watercolour paper

This piece first appeared on my blog here

just a little over a year ago

Now it has been torn up

to be sold off

as individual pieces

each will be signed and numbered

These are new pieces

Teeny tiny works

9 x 9cm

Natural pigment mixed with a glue medium

Finished with hot wax

Big brother is twice the size.

All these will be off to the Denmark Market 

with me on Saturday

Any that are not sold

will be in the studio 

on Sunday

and who knows maybe even on etsy

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Woolly Hearts

New in the shop

Woolly Hearts

Naturally dyed

wool fabric

Hand Stitched

with a silk string loop

and

and filled with love

and wool

They all feature

an area

of handstitch

to show they have been mended

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Workshops for December

Encaustic basics FULL

Description: In this introductory class we begin with safety, the most important component in learning encaustic. We address ventilation, correct working temperatures, and the proper use of equipment. I will explain how to make your own of encaustic medium and paint, appropriate supports and how to make a traditional gesso ground. I will show you how to size a panel, the many different ways to apply paint, fusing options, how the paint looks at full strength versus glazing, and focus on how to achieve a smooth surface.

You will learn how to treat the edges of your panels, control your work through different fusing techniques, control your brush strokes and learn a variety of methods of drawing into and onto your work. Techniques include incising, filling, scraping, drawing and creating texture.

All materials are included.

Though I will provide with things you can bring if you wish to personalise your work.

Encaustic: Next Steps FULL

Description: Wax is the perfect ground for inclusions and transferred imagery. I show you a variety of transfer techniques using carbon paper, carbon pencils, graphite, charcoal,, and toner based images. Learn how to collage paper and fibre into your work. Add bling to your work through the use of metal leaf.

 All materials are included. 

Though I will provide with things you can bring if you wish to personalise your work.

Prerequisite: Encaustic Basics I or equivalent skills 

For more info please see

Workshop Wednesday

above

Both of these workshops are now FULL

Thanks all

I shall post January's workshops soon

If there are any of the workshops

that you would particularly like 

repeated

please let me know

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December Workshops

I have started to work on putting up

the workshops for December

I will be featuring encaustic

at the moment it is just 

dates and titles

more info to follow

Please contact me if you think you

might be interested

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Print

I am experimenting

with printing

with milk paints

This is my favourite

so far

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Workshop Wednesday

The workshop on 27 Nov: Plaster Book  is now FULL.
I will be rerunning this workshop in December along with a couple of encaustic workshops.
Details will be up soon

I still have places in my Playing with Egg workshop.
This is a really fun and very versatile medium.
In fact one of my favourites.
Have alook above at Workshop Wednesdays
and let me know if you are interested.

Egg resist under indigo

Stenciled egg moon

Stencil over ink

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Tea Moon Sets

As requested there

are now several sets of 

Tea Moon Cards 

up for sale in my

Etsy Shop

 Shortly I will be 

loading some 

that are on 

100%recycled card

x te 

Natural Dye Workshop

I have a natural dye workshop scheduled for November 6th

This will be the only one for this year

and I won't be rescheduling it till after the fire season is over

next year.

Which means sometime in March 2014

as I use an outdoor fire for my dyeing

I will only be having 6 participants so if you are interested contact me asap

More details here

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We Have a Winner

I wrote everyone's name on a piece of paper

I placed them all in my hand and then tossed them into the air

which is impossible to photograph on your own

Until only one was left

So the winner of the tea bag giveaway

is Heike Gerbig from 

Gerdiary

So if you can email me

and let me know your snail mail address

I will get it in the mail

when I go into to town next week

Thanks to everyone who participated

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