Interpid Flight, Encaustic Mixed Media & Collage, 34x 18, 2011
Soul Collage Workshop on Sat. September 17th, 2011, 10 to 4 p.m. with Heather Smeding. INTRODUCTORY SOULCOLLAGE®
WORKSHOP
Creative, Nurturing & Fun!
Use magazine images to make small 5” X 7” cards that represent parts of your Self and speak to you [in sometimes surprising ways] from your own quiet wisdom. SoulCollage® is a powerful, intuitive collage/journaling process that you can continue to practice by yourself or in community as a way to help you answer life’s questions by accessing your inner ‘knowing’.
Heather Smeding is a trained SoulCollage® Facilitator and has been making her own cards since 2003. The book [‘A Hârmunee of Parts’] she created for the Orillia International Women’s Day Art Show is based on some of the 100+ SoulCollage® cards in her personal deck.
‘Each time I do SoulCollage®
I find more of me to bring to my marriage, my parenting, my community, my life.....’
DATES: One-Day Encaustic Workshops - 10 to 4 p.m. (Choose one of these dates and topics)
1.Sat. Sept. 10th The Encaustic - ‘Beginner’ (Level 1) 10-4 - Fergus
2.Sun. Sept. 18th The Encaustic -‘Beyond Collage’ (Level 2) 10- 4 Fergus
3.Sat. Oct. 15th The Encaustic - ‘Beginner’s’ (Level 1) 10-4 - Fergus
4.Sun. Oct. 16th The Encaustic - ‘Beyond Collage’ (Level 2) 10-4 Fergus
5.Sat. November 12th The Encaustic - ‘Texture Galore’ (Level 3) 10- 4 Fergus
6.Sun. November 13th The Encaustic - ‘Pushing the Boundaries’(Level 4) 10-4 Fergus
7.Sat. Dec. 3rd The Encaustic - ‘Beyond Collage’ (Level 2) 10-4 Fergus
8.Sun. Dec. 4th The Encaustic - ‘Texture Galore’ (Level 3) 10 - 4 Fergus
9.Sat. Dec. 10th The Encaustic - ‘Beginner’ (Level 1) 10-4 Fergus
DATES: Half -Day Encaustic Card Making Workshop
1.Sat. November 5th 10- 2 p.m. Encaustic Card making
2.Sat. November 26th 1- 5 p.m. Encaustic Card making
5-week In-Depth Encaustic Course Weds. Oct. 19th to November 16th 6:30 - 9:30 p.m. in Fergus Studio
Detailed Descriptions of the Encaustic Play Shop Classes (one day format):
The Encaustic ‘Beginner’s’ (formally called Level 1 ) will cover an introduction to encaustic, basic fusing techniques, safety issues, use of collage materials, using various papers, handmade, heavier papers, archival tissue, layering and making your own encaustic medium.
The Encaustic ‘Beyond Collage’ (formally Level 2 ) will cover the use of photocopy image transfers (black and white & colour), rub-ons, charcoal, oil pastels, wax pastels, using gold/copper/aluminum leaf, use of oil sticks, the encaustic iron and other hot tools.
The Encaustic ‘Texture Galore’ (formally Level 3 ) will cover masking off areas, building raised areas with encaustics, building texture using dry brushing, stencils, use of stamps (wood and rubber), adding a crack technique, dry wall plaster, and other found objects to create more texture.
The Encaustic ‘Pushing the boundaries’ (Level 4) will cover using alcohol inks, water colour, indian inks, mica, glass and textiles and using drywall plaster into encaustics.
The Encaustic ‘Mono Printing’ (Level 5 )will cover Mono-printing on various japanese papers, using a hot-box and mono-printing with these papers and then including these mono-prints on wood substrates. Then adding various textures on top to complete a two dimensional piece or to incorporate the encaustic papers into a book. Mono-printing kit available for sale: includes an anodized aluminum plate (19 x 10 inches)& bamboo baren.
