It’s time to play with hot wax in the warm Sculpture Studio at Oberlin College while the icy snow falls outside!

This workshop will be two weeks long, Monday through Friday, from 10 am to 4 pm, with a one hour lunch break each day.

We will explore all aspects of Encaustic Painting, including:

painting, pouring, fusing

layering and scraping

transparency and opacity

intaglio, sgraffito and intarsia

metallic, photo and image transfer

embedding

casting

color studies: including analagous and complementary colors studies, warm and cool color studies, and analyzing and layering color studies

mono, dip and triptych forms

texture studies, including ironing, using a hot wax pen and a palette knife

surface play: direct and indirect transferring of marks and mediums

collage: including dipping, painting, tacking, fusing and adornment

metallic play: including stenciling metallic leaf, metallic transfer paper, and mica powder

stamping with batik stamps and found objects

text: including ancient, foreign, personal and found

and more suprises yet!

There will be lots of discussion and critique; the last Friday evening we will have a student showing of favorite works!