Portland Art and Soul Workshops
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Michael deMeng
9-4:00
Saturday

1241 - Pandora's Cigar Box

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$ 135  

Not many people know that Pandora was a chain smoker; she especially loved her Cuban Cohibas, and this really what happened in that myth….she needed a nicotine fix. Okay, I made that up. You know the real story. Whichever version of the story you ascribe to, we are going to use this myth of Pandora’s lack of will power as an artistic theme. In this class we will use these aromatic forms and transform then in to assemblage strongboxes. These will be places to keep your hopes, your fears, or your dreams. Do you lock them up or let them free…this is your call. I will teach a variety of techniques to adorn these sacred vaults, including assemblage, collage, painting, and a bit of metal embossing. Ah, the magic of assemblage. Sometimes a cigar box isn’t just a cigar box.

Supply List:
--cigar box
--Exacto Knife
--Matte Medium Gel
--Paints: Acrylic Golden brand preferably – Quinacridone Nickel Azo Gold, Titanium White, Carbon or Mars Black, Pthalo Green blue shade, Dioxazine Purple, Quinacridone Crimson, Payne’s Gray,
--Optional Paints for Metalic effects: Interference colors (blue, green, violet), Iridescent colors (i.e. silver, gold, bronze, copper, etc.) Micaceous Iron Oxide
--Glues: Liquid Nails Clear or E6000; Dap Kwik Seal Tub and Tile (White) or Red Devil Quick Paint (both available at hardware stores); 5 minute Epoxy Putty (not liquid)
--Books, Magazine, and other paper ephemera,
--Various small found objects: anything and everything, including mesh, screen, wire and string
--Brushes (small to medium, including detail brushes)
--Palette paper or wax paper

Optional items: Tools like pliers, wire cutters, etc. Heat gun. Dremmel, Metal embossing tools (ie Ten Second Studios brand)

Instructor will provide:
Power Tools, wooden base for structure; extra paint and glue; a bunch of found objects and doodads; metal embossing tools and aluminum, shadow box.

CLOSED - CLASS FULL