Explore the rich possibilities of encaustic collage in this hands-on workshop for artists with a basic experience with encaustic painting. Using a combination of molten beeswax and damar as both an adhesive and a luminous painting medium, you’ll combine paper, photographs, drawings, and found materials, to build layered, dimensional works of art.

Through demonstrations and guided experimentation, you’ll learn how to prepare and select collage materials, embed papers into encaustic, create translucent layers, add pigment and mark-making, and fuse each layer safely with heat. We’ll also explore ways to reveal, obscure, scratch into, and build texture on the surface, allowing imagery and fragments to emerge over time.

This workshop encourages curiosity, intuition, and playful discovery. Bring copies of personal photographs, drawings, or lightweight paper ephemera all on absorbent papers—or work from the materials provided by the instructor—and leave with a finished piece that reflects your own visual voice.