Join artist Mary Milelzcik for the Mixed Media Encaustic workshop from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21, at Volcano Art Center’s Niaulani Campus in Volcano Village.
Encaustic is a mixture of beeswax, damar resin and pigment that is applied to a solid absorbent surface. Each time a new layer is applied, it must be fused. The layers can be enhanced by carving with tools or drawing with pigment, oil sticks, etc. Photographs can be transferred and other materials embedded to create a variety of amazing results with depth.
Mixed Media Encaustic is a hands-on workshop, where you’ll learn safe studio practices, all the encaustic painting basics and how to make your own medium. Encaustic techniques along with wet and dry shellac burns will be demonstrated. After instruction and experimenting, you will have the opportunity to create two encaustic paintings to take home.
Milelzcik will provide panels and handmade paper to use as substrates and an assortment marking tools and brushes, along with interesting papers, photographs, minerals, fibers and other natural and found materials for students to incorporate into their paintings. Students are encouraged to bring other items they would like to use. Advanced students can consult with the instructor in advance regarding specific projects.
The cost for the workshop is $60, or $55 for VAC members, plus a $25 supply fee.
Milelzcik has a bachelor of arts degree from Sonoma State University’s School of Expressive Arts. Her career as a mixed media artist and photographer has included being the curator at Highways Performance Space and Gallery in Santa Monica Calif., and teaching experimental mixed media art and printmaking.
In her spare time, Milelzcik provides strategic consultation and grant writing for small to medium-sized nonprofits in Hawaii and California. She has a studio in Pahoa and specializes in mixed media art and printmaking. She experiments with local minerals and plants in her encaustic paintings.
To register for the workshop, call Volcano Art Center at 808-967-8222 or visit www.volcanoartcenter.org.
The Niaulani Campus is located at 19-4074 Old Volcano Road.