Mokuhanga Workshop

Posted on July 10, 2018 Posted in WorkshopsTagged brush making, cutting plates, Mokuhanga, polishing tools, process, Ros Kean, workshopLeave a comment

I spent the weekend doing a mokuhanga workshop with the wonderful Ros Kean. In a really packed few days we learned a basic printing technique, and lots of other things, like how to make a carrier brush, how to maintain your cutting tools, and lots of information about pigments and papers.

I really enjoyed the quiet process of making things from the natural materials around the studio, and the ceremony of attending to the tools. Perhaps I won’t pursue Mokuhanga itself, who knows how it will fit into my practice?

FNQ

Posted on September 4, 2017 Posted in Residencies, WorkshopsTagged Anthea Boesenberg, Cairns, Encaustic, Inkmasters, monotype, Tanks, travel, WorkshopsLeave a comment

Here in FNQ for a residency with Inkmasters and the Tanks. I will pursue my own work, teach a workshop in monotype, do a demonstration in Encaustic for Printmakers and a short workshop for year 10’s at a local college.

Here in Cairns, nature is rampant! I get to go to the Botanical Gardens each day, and walk the boardwalk to the studio. Such a joy!

Shifu

Posted on March 23, 2015 Posted in Reference MaterialsTagged paper thread, ShifuLeave a comment

You know I make Shifu thread from time to time. Here’s the way an expert does it. It is a beautiful and meditative process.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQFB1Ztb84&feature=player_embedded

Jenny Sages Workshop.

Posted on February 12, 2015 Posted in WorkshopsTagged Bangalow, Encaustic, Jenny Sages, wax ground., workshopLeave a comment

I recently attended a workshop at Bangalow with Jenny Sages. it was an opportunity to learn how Jenny does her wonderful works. It seems that those huge portraits are painted in oils on a wax ground, so they are not really encaustic paintings. The wax ground gives the paint a beautiful luminosity, and a kind of warmth to the skin tones which would be very difficult to achieve in any other way.

Here are some images from the workshop.

Colour – Day 2

Posted on February 24, 2013February 24, 2013 Posted in Education, Travel, United States, WorkshopsTagged colour, encaustic monotype, Hot Box, mark making, Paula Roland, workshop4 Comments

I haven’t had time to photograph the work properly, but here’s a small taste. One work leads on to another, and it is quite addictive.

Paula’s demonstration piece.

Long scrolls from Achsah O’Donovan, myself and Angela Noble, reading from left to right.

Gayle Childress’s work.

Some more of Gayle’s work.

This is just a fraction of the beautiful work which was created yesterday. I was so busy making that I didn’t get the chance to record much of the work. I will try and rectify that tomorrow.

Black and White: first day of Paula’s workshop

Posted on February 23, 2013 Posted in Education, Travel, United States, WorkshopsTagged breath, brush, Ink, Paula Roland, scroll form, workshop Santa Fe2 Comments

Yesterday was the first day of Paula’s workshop. We began by making long scroll forms using brush and ink. Firstly we followed our breath, and then we used our gloved hands to work on the surface. iIt was a very direct and intimate way of making marks on the surface of the paper.
Here is my breath piece:

And here are some of our scrolls hanging together:

My scroll made by directly drawing on the paper with my hands is on the extreme right, next to the breath scroll.

Later we may add colour to this work, or cut it up for a book. We also made smaller pieces, exploring the variety of marks we could make.

This is a desert environment. Here are some photos of desert plants:

Last day of Encaustic Collagraph workshop

Posted on February 21, 2013February 21, 2013 Posted in Education, WorkshopsTagged Akua inks, Atelier Meridian, Elise Wagner, encaustic collagraph, Jane Pagliarulo, roller1 Comment

Here are some results from my last day with Elise and Jane at Atelier Meridian. The printing is not too good, I’m afraid. I have a lot of trouble making the Akua colours behave, but it must be me – Angela had some brilliant results.

And here's a photo of Jane with the huge roller that Barbara found for her.

The Voodoo Donuts, the Atelier and the prints.

Posted on February 18, 2013February 18, 2013 Posted in Education, Travel, United States, WorkshopsTagged Atelier Meridien, Barbara Mason, encaustic collagraphs, Oregon, Portland, Printing, Voodoo donutsLeave a comment

We spent today at Atelier Meridian, printing the plates we made yesterday at Elise Wagners studio. tomorrow will also be spent printing.

Those bad women Elise and Jane had bought us some voodoo donuts for breakfast. Words fail me!
Let this photograph speak instead:

Enough said!

The Atelier is a large space, with three beautiful etching presses, including a big Takach, and a letterpress. There is also a Lino press. Full membership of the atelier is $125 a month, and gives you unlimited access 24/7!

I will show you more of my results tomorrow, but here is a print from one of my plates.

We finished the afternoon with a glass of wine and some cheese and crackers. Very civilised!

Barbara Mason, Elise Wagner and Jane Pagliarulo.

Elise Wagner Workshop

Posted on February 17, 2013February 17, 2013 Posted in Education, Travel, United States, WorkshopsTagged Akua inks, Barbara Mason, Elise Wagner, encaustic collagraph, Jane Pagliarulo, Oregon, Portland2 Comments

We have arrived in Portland, Oregon, to take a three day Encaustic Collagraph workshop with Elise Wagner. We are staying with Barbara Mason. Barbara is a printmaker of many years standing. I met her more than a decade ago, when I taught a workshop for her here in Portland.

Elise works together with Jane Pagliarulo, who, together with Barbara, founded a Print Studio called Atelier Meridian.

Here are some shots of Elise’s Studio. Brittany, Jane’s intern, is in the second shot. All the work on the walls is by Elise Wagner.

And here are some of the plates I made. Tomorrow we spend the day printing at the Atelier, and I will see what I can do with my plates. The scraper above the plates is used to carve the wax down.
We will be using Akua Inks.

The last day of the workshop at Wax Works West

Posted on February 9, 2013 Posted in Education, WorkshopsTagged Corralitos, encaustic teaching, R&F workshop, Wax Works West.1 Comment

Today was the last day of the Teaching Encaustic workshop at Wax Works West. While yesterday we gave short illustrated talks about our work, today we were required to present a demonstration in some aspect of teaching encaustic. For Angela and I, it was encaustic and paper. Angela tackled the use of encaustic in collaging papers together, laminating, etc, and I presented some three dimensional work made using encaustic and paper. Here are some small tiles I made representing various techniques with encaustic, and some three dimensional forms I made.

We have been having a wonderful time. Daniella, Kim, Wendy and Judy have been very generous hosts.

Ventilation fans and very well organised storage systems! behind the fans is the administration area with computers, filing systems, etc . Wish I was that organised!

BOX OF BIRDS

Category: Education

Mokuhanga Workshop

FNQ

Shifu

Jenny Sages Workshop.

Colour – Day 2

Black and White: first day of Paula’s workshop

Last day of Encaustic Collagraph workshop

The Voodoo Donuts, the Atelier and the prints.

Elise Wagner Workshop

The last day of the workshop at Wax Works West

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