Crystal Neubauer
9:00 - 4:30
Wednesday - Oct 6

P308 - Encaustic Adornment

$ 140  

This workshop features a unique marriage of materials and techniques not traditionally used together to create a wearable art sculpture that tells a personal story. Each student will gather ephemera and paper or thin cloth mementos in advance of the workshop that will speak of the story the artist carries within. There will be some class discussion of how we can tune in to those stories we all carry in our hearts and how to release them in our art in a way that draws interest from the viewer. The students will create the foundation and pin back of the brooch from steel wire. Techniques in wire shaping, texturing, soldering, and creating pin backs from wire will be learned. The papers used are preserved with encaustic wax. The students will then learn how to bond the two elements for their completed brooch. If time permits we will create necklace pendants or other pieces of jewelry as well. The students should leave the workshop with at least one completed work of art and the knowledge to apply these techniques to other projects.

$10 Materials fee payable to the instructor include: encaustic wax, solder, flux, small butane torches, butane, steel pins, soldering pick, sandpaper, and steel wool.

 Supply List: 
16 or 18 gauge steel wire sturdy round nose & standard pliers 
wire cutter 
metal file 
hammer 
steel block or anvil 
hand towel or metalsmith sandbag 
soldering pad (need to be able to push steel pins into it) 
dremel with grinding wheel 
bits of meaningful or personal ephemera (does not need to be large – but consider color and texture as design elements when choosing)
small disposable paintbrush 
long tweezers 
small crafters quilting iron 
glass or bone burnishing tool or old credit card/gift card.

 Optional supplies: 
rubber gloves 
finger rubbers (to protect fingers while sanding the pinback) 
oil pastels 
oil paint 
charcoal pencil or colored pencils.