Lorraine Glessner- Encaustic Embellishment Extravaganza with Lorraine Glessner

Mon, Mar 17, 2025 – Fri, Mar 21, 2025, 9am- 4 pm daily

This workshop focuses on the creation of intricate patterns, expressive personal surfaces and

complex, multi-layered pieces utilizing and in combination with encaustic painting techniques.

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, Rust and compost printing,

patterned collage, photo transfer, stencils, candy molds, embossing foils, and branding (creating

marks with heated metal and wood-burning tools). Considerations such as using patterns and

repetition as the content itself, to tell a story, support and/or strengthen the message is also

discussed.

1. INSTRUCTOR SUPPLY FEE PER STUDENT: $25 INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:

  • Encaustic colors

  • Encaustic medium

  • paraffin for brush cleaning

  • heated encaustic tools and irons

  • wood burning tools

  • Disposable gloves

  • Extra drawing paper

  • Wax paper

  • Parchment paper

  • encaustic paints

  • Pigment Sticks

  • 2 cups salt

  • masking tape

  • silicone molds

  • transfer foils

  • 1 gallon size plastic bags

  • Tracing paper

  • Graphite transfer paper

  • cups for mixing instant indigo

  • Extra razor blades

  • Pans and cups for paint and medium

  • Linseed oil

  • paper punches

  • iwatani torches with extra butane

  • instant indigo

  • extra fabric

  • extra rusty objects

  • Extra Drawing Paper

  • Limited Drawing tool

    STUDENT SUPPLY LIST: Students should bring the following materials with them:

  • sharp scissors

  • Collage materials (magazine images, photos, thread, fabric, etc)

  • mixed media sketchbook and drawing media of your choice

  • Any small sharp-ended tool for incising/writing/drawing into the wax

  • Closed toe shoes for safety

  • 2-4 wooden painting panels or Encausticboard (your preference of 8x8 or 10x10, but no larger or

  • smaller, please.) If purchasing wooden panels, it’s your preference if you want to add encaustic

  • gesso, but nothing coated in acrylic or acrylic gesso!! Please leave at least one wooden board not

  • coated in gesso.

  • 2-3 natural hair brushes in various sizes for encaustic painting. Hake brushes are recommended,

  • please keep brush sizes from 1”-2.5” width. One brush will be designated your medium brush, so

  • must be free of color if you are bringing used brushes.

  • 1 yard RTD silk habotai (8-12mm) or good quality cotton fabric

    OPTIONAL MATERIALS

  • any tool or material for any technique that you normally employ while working with encaustic. 

  • basic encaustic colors will be provided, however, if you prefer certain colors, please bring them. 

  • decorative stencils, mesh, doilies, etc-anything flat with open areas that can be used as a stencil.

  • smock (optional)

  • Heat gun or embossing tool only if you have one