Beginning in 1996, Elise Wagner pioneered teaching encaustic workshops to the local community in her studio in Portland, Oregon. A seasoned expert, she has shared her unique methods and approaches with hundreds of students from many different parts of the world.
Most recently, Wagner was a visiting artist at Wentworth Institute of Technology in Boston for a solo exhibition entitled Qauntum and Creative Connections. The exhibition was paired with Distinguished Faculty lectures, of which Wagner's work was the subject.
The Workshops
Learn what is involved in working with encaustic, including techniques, composition and color, ventilation, safety and equipment. Lunch and morning coffee is included so that all you have to do is come and absorb yourself in learning and working.
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Winter 2012
From the Ground Up
$245 10AM-4:00PM
Maximum 4 participants
If you have been curious about encaustic as a medium to integrate into your creative practice, this full-day workshop is the perfect introduction. This session also includes my "Shuffle" application technique as well as tools for inlaying and incising lines and all fusing methods.
Choose from the following dates:
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Saturday, February 11, 2012
Saturday, March 10, 2012
$50 deposit holds your spot
Click here to inquire on availability and make a reservation
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$425 10AM-4:00PM
Maximum 4 participants
The Weekend Immersion is packed with learning and has become a destination workshop for many over the years. It is designed as a mini-retreat to create, go a little deeper and address a wider range of the process and techniques. All learning levels are welcome. Participants are encouraged to bring works in progress and specific project ideas, subject matter, collage materials, high-contrast laser xeroxes, or any tools, paints or brushes you like using. Participants are welcome to bring additional work surfaces to work larger than the 12" x 12" panels provided.
Choose from the following weekends:
January 28 & 29, 2012
February 25 & 26, 2012
$50 deposit holds your spot.
Click here to inquire on availability and make a reservation
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Encaustic Collagraph with Elise Wagner and Jane Pagliarulo
Saturday and Sunday
January 21 & 22
9am to 4pm
Maximum 8 participants
This two-day workshop is split between Elise Wagner’s studio and Jane Pagliarulo’s printing studio, Atelier Meridian. Encaustic Collagraph is a process in which matrices of wax are built onto plexiglass and combined water-based inks and run through an intaglio press to be printed on paper. By way of exploiting the rich textures found in encaustic, this technique can produce subtle and mysterious marks, allowing for variable prints or editions.
Cost is $250, plus a $40.00 supply fee, which includes 4 reusable plexi plates, two sheets of proofing paper, non-archival paper, encaustic supplies, and printing inks.Click here to inquire on availability and make a reservation______________________________________________________________
Mondays at 7 - Open Studio Sessions
Maximum 4 participants
These two-and-a-half hour Monday night sessions are ideal for specific projects and honing technique.
Choose from the following Mondays:
January 9, 2012
January 23, 2012
February 6, 2012
February 20, 2012
Cost is $65; a $25 deposit holds your spot
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Thursdays at 7 - Open Studio Sessions
Same as Mondays at 7--see description above.
Choose from the following Thursdays:
January 12, 2012
January 26, 2012
Febrary 9, 2012
February 23 , 2012
Cost is $65; a $25 deposit holds your spot
Click here to inquire on availability and make a reservation