Explore flexible and exciting encaustic painting techniques to create complex, multi-layered pieces with intricate patterns and expressive personal surfaces. With an emphasis on mixed media, methods and materials covered in this workshop include the use of organic and geometric form, realistic and abstract imagery, patterned collage, photo transfer, stencils, candy molds, embossing foils, and branding (creating marks with heated metal and wood burning tools). Using pattern and repetition as content itself, to tell a story, support and/or strengthen the message will also be discussed. Students will leave enriched, inspired and closer to their own voice and vision. All levels welcome.