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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Encaustics Workshop with Daniella Woolf


I just finished an exciting encaustic workshop! 
            The workshop was given by Daniella Woolf through North Country Studio Workshops at Bennington College.
What EnErGy! Our group bonded though inspirational excitement in the studio, and by Daniella's humor, wit, and knowledge.
Most of us started off as virgins and ended up walking on the moon!
            What an experience!  If you do not know what encaustics is, go here or here. 
     You can use any rigid porus surface to create your collage on. We discovered you can do it on paper and fabric too.
            We did a group collage on rice paper. Everyone made one 5” horizontal paper collage piece, and then we ‘encausticated’ them as a hanging scroll. 
Daniella Woolf and myself assembling the scroll.
These 2 photo's are from Jane Davies- see her blog here
The finished scroll is ready to contribute to the silent auction to benefit NCSC.
This was one of those experiences that can change your work. I love collage and have worked with fiber and paper collage using traditional mediums. This adds another dimension to that. Encaustic sinks the collage, creating an air of mystery or translucent layering that I have yet been unable to achieve. I'm looking forward to exploring this new medium.

In Daniells's words- "G'Hed!!"

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6 comments:

  1. Jane DaviesJanuary 31, 2012 at 1:31 PM

    Fabulous! I recognize those pictures.

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  2. Mary Helen-Art Saves LivesJanuary 31, 2012 at 9:41 PM

    The scroll is magnificent and whoever owns this will have a real treasure. Beautiful! Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart

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  3. Kit LangJanuary 31, 2012 at 10:15 PM

    I've been privately exploring encaustic, fabric, paint and stitch and the combinations thereof - I'm hoping to post something on my blog in March.

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  4. Cheryl RezendesFebruary 1, 2012 at 8:10 AM

    Sounds fabulous Wen! I've been want to take an encaustic class as well. Sounds to me like you would recommend Daniella Woolf in a heartbeat.

    Lovely piece your posting here on the blog!

    Cher

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  5. WenFebruary 1, 2012 at 9:03 AM

    Thank you all- it really was wonderful.
    I feel, in a way, I've come full circle as in the late 70's I used to do batik!

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  6. LauraFebruary 16, 2012 at 10:25 PM

    really beautiful...I so want to learn how to use encaustics over my photos.

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