Portland Art and Soul Workshops
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Stephanie Lee
9-4:30
Wednesday

1272 - Art Excavation--Plaster Meets Wax

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$ 135 Plus $12 materials fee  

Offered as an exciting new approach in working with plaster, students will learn to create a poured plaster surface on which we will carve, color and collage in ways most applicable to plaster. Once we have created this rich, textural base, we will then further enhance the surface with layers of wax, embedding imagery and our 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 can be translated into assemblage work, book arts, traditional collage and two-dimensional artwork. 

Supply List:
--3-5 Canvas boards (not stretched canvases) size ranging from 5x7" 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
--Various paper imagery and collage elements
--Found objects to incorporate in the wax
--More found objects to cast (objects used for casting will not be damaged or "used up" in this process)
Optional:
--Heat Gun
--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 more would allow you to experiment more.
--1 package of white Sculpey brand clay; (small brick is fine - 1 lb is more than needed) oven dry type (do not dry ahead of time)

Materials fee includes:
--Wooden box substrates
--Plaster and plaster-like products
--Waxes and applicators
--Clay for casting plaster
--Various supplies including sandpapers, mixing containers, etc.