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Burst your encaustic paintings and sculpture outside of the 2-dimensional box with this gorgeous three-dimensional fibre arts project! Discover the amazing sculptural effects achieved when combining sweet-smelling encaustic beeswax with textiles. In this class you’ll wax and form fabric to create an innovative encaustic three-dimensional floral painting. 

Learn about applying encaustic to fibres, substrate options, colouring, shaping, fusing, and surface highlighting and detailing of fabric, safety tips, and more.

Included in your course:

• Materials, tools, supplies

• Health and safety

• Shadowbox Project Demonstration

• Substrate Preparation

• Fabric Preparation and Formation

• Encaustic Treatment

• Fusing

• Creating a Sculptured Surface

• Embedding with Wax

• Highlighting and Surface Treatment

• ​Resource list 

Lifetime access. Take this course whenever you'd like and watch as many times as you'd like.

Learn More: https://youtu.be/HSjLm6VPYYU

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$175 per person. Express yourself with molten wax in this 4-hour encaustic painting class that is perfect for beginners. Melissa Stephens will guide you through the history of this magical medium at her studio in Walnut Creek, CA.

This experience is for those with adventurous spirits, curious minds, and an affinity for fun! The luminous glow of this magical medium will have you hooked in no time. Students say Beginning Encaustic is, "Exciting," "Addictive," and "Relaxing."

Each class offers plenty of time to have fun and create artwork. Learn encaustic painting in a real art studio where demonstrations and hands-on instruction will help you make clever and creative decisions. Practice brush strokes, fusing techniques, mark making and texture building to walk away with at least 3 new paintings. No art experience necessary. Must be 18+ years of age. 

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Create luminous sculptures, illuminated art, and dimensional paintings with Lutradur – a translucent, lacy spunbonded textile that can be cut, dyed, collaged, rusted, shaped and heat-distressed to create exquisite filigreed surfaces.  Discover the marvelous luminesce of encaustic wax and pigment when combined with this marvelous fibre. 

In this class you’ll learn surface preparation and design, and the many possibilities of Lutradur: staining, heat-distressing, fusing, layering, printing, surface detailing, lighting, safety tips, and more.

Included in your course:  

• What are Spunbonded Fibres and Lutradur?

• Materials, Supplies, Safety

• Colouring and Dying Lutradur

• Collaged Lutradur

• Waxing Lutradur

• Distressed Lutradur

• Inkjet Printing on Lutradur

• Highlighting and Surface Treatment

• Display and Maintenance 

• Resource List

Lifetime access. Take this course whenever you'd like and watch as many times as you'd like.

Find out more: https://youtu.be/7i0udqvHqQE
Register: https://sharybartlett.newzenler.com/courses/spungold

Express yourself through stamps and patterns! In this 4-hour in-person class you will make stamps using recycled materials, elements of nature, erasers and other tools. Show off your playful side with loops and circles or create a thoughtful pattern using a woodblock stamp. The options are endless - so come and explore the possibilities!

Experiment with linoleum block cutting, Gelli plates, recycled, metal and wood stamps to create texture, creative marks and patterns. No previous art experience necessary. Must be 18+ years of age. $175 per person at Melissa's art studio in Walnut Creek, CA.

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Schedule a 1 or 2-day private workshop in my studio overlooking beautiful Nashville, Music City USA!  I have a spacious, fully stocked encaustic studio that opens up to a large outdoor patio. I offer instruction in portrait, mixed media or encaustic monotype, using my large hotbox. Discover zen mark-making to music...while visiting Music City USA! :) Plenty of hotels and airbnb's nearby. **I offer these year-round, just contact me to schedule.**

For more info see WORKSHOPS  Or email me AlisonFullertonArt@gmail.com.