ENCAUSTICAMP SUPPLY LISTS

supply lists~
NOTE: Many supplies can be shared, will have a 'class available' or are used in several of the workshops, so do not be intimidated by the lists; review them, ask questions, and we will do all we can to make this doable for you! Also, Southwest Airlines allows two free checked bags and you can pack just about everything (other than propane or butane tanks!) into a checked bag :)
Crystal Neubauer Encaustic Adornment
Please bring:
sturdy round nose & standard pliers
wire cutter
metal file
hammer
steel block or anvil
hand towel or metalsmith sandbag
clover brand mini-iron
$25 materials fee
Optional to bring:
dremel with grinding stone head
personal ephemera/interesting paper
simple heat resistant molds (example candy mold) to create embellishments as time permits
I provide:
encaustic wax medium
microcrystaline (Impasto) wax
class use hot palettes
tweezers
brushes
burnishing tool/stick
Wire for structure
sandpaper
assortment of ephemera
assortment of molds

Bridgette Guerzon Mills A Book of Images & Wax
Please bring:
a. mark-making tools, such as a pintool, a tracing wheel, etc.
burnishing tool (such as a metal spoon)
inkjet prints of imagery/photographs
black and white photocopies of imagery/photographs
color photocopies of imagery/photographs (laser copies)
scissors
roll of waxed paper
latex gloves
paper towel
small spray bottle
b. Optional to bring:
oil bar or oil paint for glazing
single-edge razor blade
collage materials- variety of papers, assortment of ephemera
c. $25 kit fee
I provide:
Wax- medium and pigmented
class use palette, heat gun, skillet
class use brushes
class use oil paint
(4) 6x6 inch wood panels
gel medium
adhesive booktape
needles and bookbinding thread
an assortment of different paper
WAXING ELEGANT with JAN HARRIS

a. You bring:
Roll of 18 gauge stove wire (this is available in most hardware stores, is black in color and looks like a skinny version of baling wire.
Roll of 26 gauge stove wire (I buy this at True Value hardware)
Small found objects (1” to 3”)
Small collage pieces (1” to 3”)
3 sheets of silk tissue paper (can be found in numerous art stores and online art supply sites – both Daniel Smith and Art Media carry locally) or similar paper such as rice, mulberry, ets.
Round nose pliers
Wire cutters
Scissors
Optional:
Driftwood pieces you would like to use: one central piece appx 12-15 inches long, a small flat piece approximately 2” long and 1” wide and one to two pieces that will used for arms. (I will have driftwood with me if you do not have your own)
b. Class Fee: $20
I provide:
Wax
Pigmented wax
Collage items
Driftwood
Class use brushes
Class use skillets
Gold foil
Clay tools
Masking tape
Class handout
Michelle Belto Waxed Paper
Please bring:
Pair of scissors
oil sticks (your favorite colors, either R&F or Shiva brand)
pair of disposable latex gloves for oil stick work
paper towels or rags for oil stick work
foam core cut to 5”X7” boards (4-5) and some scrap foam core
sandwich bags (2) of additives to the pulp (e.g. cross cut newspaper funnies, lines of text, glitter, confetti, cross cut sheet music etc.)
sandwich bags (2) of paper inclusions (e.g. threads or fibers, feathers, pressed flowers, papers to collage, lace or other flat items to decorate wet pulp.)
embossing elements (2) (e.g. heavy lace, texture plates, bits of screen and mesh, etc.)
$25 materials fee
Optional to bring:
wood burner with tips
watercolors
I provide:
class use mold, deckles, felts, press, sponges, and basters
cotton and abaca pulp (enough for each participant making several supports)
colored pulp for pulp painting, mylar stencils
cutting boards and knives
gel medium and methylcelluose
encaustic wax medium
encaustic glazes and brushes
hot palettes and fusing tools
under-painting materials including inks, watercolors, aquarelle, etc.
mark-making tools, class use ephemeral and papers

Judy Wise Hot Palette
Please bring:
a. a propane torch if you live nearby or wish to purchase (other workshops using this as well (MagTorch with striker and control knob if you are purchasing plus a tall canister of propane gas, not map gas. I got mine at Fred Meyer.)
b. $25 kit fee
I provide:
wax medium
pigments
class use hot palettes
class use brushes
8 x 10” birch plywood boards (2/student, more@$1each)
class use wax tools
a packet that will include a hand out
class use propane torch
class use heat guns

Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch Foundations in Wax
Please bring:
a. encausticbords or untreated wood panels (art or hardware store) 4x4(6) and 8x8(3)
carving tools to try in the plaster or wax
stencils
transfers (Xerox copies) with which to personalize
oil bar or oil paint for glazing
waxed paper, latex gloves, paper towel, sand paper
if possible: propane or butane torch
b. $25.00 supply fee
I provide:
Class use palette, heat guns, skillets
Wax-plain and pigmented
Class use carving tools and oils paints
Plaster
Tar
Wood icing
shellac
Glue
Sample encausticbord 3x5 panels

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