Workshops
The Art of Photo-Encaustics Workshop
Where Beeswax & Photography Collide
Dive into the world of photo-encaustics where beeswax and photography collide to create beautiful emotive artworks, which add a new depth to your photography practice. For the last 7 years, I have used photo-encaustics as part of my fine-art photography. I have been lucky enough to have trained with some of the best encaustic artists in America who all use the encaustic process in unique ways. I adore using this ancient process as part of creating my artwork. It is a lovely tactile, calm process which adds an ethereal feel with texture and colour, creating a very unique way of working.
To promote this wonderful way of working within the UK, I have decided to open my studio to up to three people per workshop to teach this alternative process and give photographers and creatives alike who have been searching for a more organic way of working an alternative way of creating original artworks for pleasure or your clients.
The Art of Photo-Encaustics Workshop
This one-day creative workshop based at my studio in the Pennines, North West it is a chance to learn all about photo-encaustics, experiment and create. You will develop new skills and confidence in this lovely technique that uses beeswax and dammar resin as a medium to encapsulate fine art photography printed on different papers adding texture, natural elements, and paint to create a one-of-a-kind emotive artwork that is full of texture and tones.
The price of the workshop includes all your materials including prints, wax, oils and a set-up guide to help get your wax studio up and running. You will have a wonderful day creating and experimenting and come away feeling inspired with your very own artwork which you have created. There will be a lovely lunch, plenty of tea and coffee too. You will also become a member of my private encaustic Face book group to meet like-minded artists and get further support as needed.
The Art of Photo-Encaustics workshop is £299 per person
Course Outline
Morning: You will be introduced to the wonderful art practice of photo-encaustics and learn more about the history of encaustics and learn about the safety aspects and preparation before we begin to create your artworks.
You will spend the rest of the morning learning the principles of photo-encaustics from types of prints to prepping boards and experimenting with different printing papers using your own photographs, trying out oil paints, charcoal and lots of other different techniques to enhance your prints as well as practicing using beeswax and mark-making.
Lunch: Enjoy a lovely lunch with tea, coffee and a little treat.
Afternoon: After your morning of experimenting with papers, wax and colour you will now put everything you have learned into practice and begin to create your final artwork mounted onto a cradle board you will learn about poring wax, scrapping, collage, and building your artwork with different types of colour, natural elements and mediums.
You will come away with one main artwork you have created mounted onto a cradle board and smaller print pieces along with a guide on setting up your own wax studio and a supply list to get you started on your new creative journey. After the session, you will join an artistic collective of like-minded creatives in an exclusive Facebook group.