Virginia Art and Soul Workshops

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Traci Bautista 6:30-9:30pm Thursday Eve	818 - Fusion Dyed Collage	[back to quicklinks] $ 75 Plus $10 materials fee
This is a technique-based workshop to learn my fusion-dyed collage technique to use in your journals and fiber creations. These collages are created with “fusion-dyed” layers… stained, deconstructed, texturized, painted and then layered with collage and found images. You will create beautiful sheets up to (18” x 20”) of fusion dyed collage that incorporate a collection of treasured personal images collected from your travels and surroundings. Supply list: --Favorite heavy body and fluid acrylic paints and inks --Black & white acrylic paint --Collage ephemera- Fabric and paper scraps --2” flat brush (hardware store brushes) --Plastic paint scrapper --Two 1” foam brushes --2 water containers --Brayer --Golden regular gel medium gloss --Elmer’s Glue-All 16oz. --Freezer paper (pre cut 10 sheets 18x20) --15 2-ply white paper towels --Scissors --Painting smock --Black chisel-tip Sharpie --Pencil --Black & white photocopies of images/writing/journal pages/line art - sharp contrast images work best. TIP: enlarge symbols, letters, words on photocopy machine Optional- Doodling tools in favorite colors-prismacolor pencils;  gel pens (souflee and black glaze); brush markers; glitter/paint markers (will have some to share); favorite unmounted stamps  Materials fee includes:  Collage Unleashed aRt! kit of papers & collage images, watercolor paints, glitter, mark making tools, unmounted stamps and stencils. CLOSED - CLASS FULL

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