Asilomar Art and Soul Workshops

Stephanie Lee
9-4:30
Tuesday

1057 - Art Excavation--Plaster Meets Wax

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Presented for the first time ever to offer you an exciting new approach in working with plaster! You will create a poured plaster surface which you will then carve, color and collage. Once you have created this rich, textural base, you will then further enhance the surface with layers of wax, embedding imagery and your own cast plaster objects as well as incorporating paints, pastels and other coloring techniques for a tactile piece of art with rich depth and interest. The versatile techniques taught in this workshop are easily translated into assemblage work, book arts, traditional collage and two-dimensional artwork. 

A materials fee of $10 will be paid to the instructor at the beginning of class.

Supply List:
--3-5 Canvas boards (not stretched canvases) size ranging from 3x5" to 8x10"
--Set of inexpensive wood carving tools
--Awl
--A variety of coloring mediums including oil pastels, chalk pastels and acrylic paints
--Artist brushes
--Small sponge
--water container
--Various paper imagery and collage elements
--Found objects to incorporate in the wax and to cast (objects used for casting will not be damaged or "used up" in this process)

Optional Materials:
--Soft drawing charcoal
--Box or vessel of some sort to work in such as a cigar box or vintage wooden box. I will be providing each student with one substantial wooden box so any thing else would allow you to experiment more.
--1 lb. box of white Sculpey brand clay; oven dry type (do not dry ahead of time)

Supplies provided by the instructor:
--Wooden box substrates
--Plaster and plaster-like products
--Waxes and applicators
--Clay for casting plaster
--Various supplies including sandpapers, mixing containers, etc.