OUT OF THE BOX:
A Workshop Exploring Mixed Media Narratives in Clay and Encaustic
with Lorraine Glessner and Kirsten Stingle
May 30th -- June 1, 10am-4pm each day
Kirsten Stingle's Studio, Alpharetta, GA
$550 + $40 Materials fee
Limited to 6 participants! Sign up now!
Contact: Kirsten Stingle, kirsten@kirstenstingle.com
This
workshop takes the exciting combination of mixed media, encaustic and clay far
beyond straightforward collage to include innovative materials and mark-making
techniques in which to explore storytelling. Participants are encouraged to
step out of their current comfort zone by a series of thought provoking
exercises designed to increase their narrative vocabulary. Participants will
create, respond to, and utilize a variety of styles and media and learn to
integrate this new information either in a two-dimensional or three-dimensional
format. This workshop will cover
basic figurative ceramic hand-building and encaustic techniques, as well as
mold making, and mark-making using horse hair, branding (creating marks and
patterns with fire, heated metal tools and objects) and stitch.
Materials
Included: the following is a list of materials provided for the student
All encaustic paints, tools and equipment
Practice painting panels
Graphite paper
Branding tools
Sewing needle and thread
Horsehair
Clay (but students should feel free
to bring their own small ceramic objects to work with)
Mold making materials
Basic hand-building tools
Mastic
Wire
What to
bring: the following is a list of materials for the student to bring to the
workshop
Shadow box OR deep cradled panel
Collage materials-include a little or a lot (scrap papers,
threads, fabrics, natural materials, found materials, images, found objects,
etc.-look around you, be a collector and use your imagination!)
Sketchbook, pencil or pen
Smock
Closed toe shoes for safety
Scissors
Small
ceramic pieces or tiles
Payment
Payment of 50% of the workshop fee is due at the time of
registration with the remaining 50% as well as the materials fee due on the
first day of the workshop. Contact Kirsten Stingle for registration at kirsten@kirstenstingle.com.
Cancellation
In the event that you
need to cancel your workshop, please notify Kirsten at least 30 days prior to the first day of class and your deposit will
be refunded. No refunds will be available for
cancellations 30 days of the workshop.
Kirsten has
participated in various national and international figurative ceramics
exhibitions, including the Harn Museum’s “Alchemy, from Dust to Form:
Contemporary Figurative Ceramics” and Barton College of Art’s “Contemporary
Figurative Ceramics Invitational.” She had a dual exhibition at the
Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art in 2013 and will be part of the Emerging Artists
Exhibition at the Museum of Arts and Sciences in Macon, GA in 2014. Kirsten has
received numerous juror awards including Best in Ceramics and Best in Sculpture
and is part of the permanent collections of the Kapp Foundation and Cafesjian
Foundation.
Lorraine Glessner received an MFA in Fibers from Temple
University, Tyler School of Art, where she is currently an Assistant Professor
in the Fibers and Material Studies Department. Lorraine also holds a BS in
Textile Design from Philadelphia University and an Associate’s Degree in
Computer Graphics from Moore College of Art and Design. Recent awards include
two Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Individual Creative Artist Fellowship
Grant in Crafts, the Anne K Allison Award, Woodmere Museum of Art,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Yvonne Kelly Memorial Award for Mixed Media,
Abington, Pennsylvania. Recent exhibitions include a solo show at Abington Art
Center, Abington, Pennsylvania, a 2-person show at Marietta/Cobb Museum of Art,
Marietta, Georgia and group exhibitions at James Gallery, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, Kenise Barnes Fine Art, Larchmont, New York and Gallery One,
Nashville, Tennessee. Her work is
included in the recently released DVD, In
the Encaustic Studio by Michelle Belto, Encaustic
With a Textile Sensibility by Daniella Woolf and Encaustic
Art: The Complete Guide to Creating Fine Art With Wax by Lissa Rankin. Lorraine lectures,
teaches, exhibits her work nationally and maintains a studio in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania.
