Beginning & Intermediate Mosaics
Saturday - January 7, 14, 21, and 28th
12PM - 3PM
with Janie Baskin

In this class, students will learn the basics of mosaics: preparing a wood substrate, how to use nippers and wheeled cutters (Leponitts) to cut tiles, methods to adhere tiles to the substrate, how to mix and apply grout, how to remove excess grout after grouting, and how to polish the finished piece. Students will take home a mosaic mirror of their own design.

Class Fees: $130 - includes all the materials you need to create your mosaic masterpiece

BIO
Janie Baskin of Northbrook, Illinois, has been keeping sketchbooks since grade school in Columbus, Ohio. While in high school, she wrote and illustrated her first story. Janie graduated from George Washington University in Washington D.C. with a B.A. in Fine Arts. While there she also studied at the Corcoran School of Art. Janie is a published children’s book illustrator. For the past three decades, she has been a graphic designer and fine artist.

Intuitive Collage and Encaustic Techniques
Sunday, January 15th, 10AM - 4PM

Collage art is a powerful vehicle for allowing ones personal story to be told. By letting go of attempts at controlling the outcome, force the story or design, and learning to trust the intuitive voice within, it is possible for anyone to create a work of art that is a deeply personal expression of the story within.

The first half of this class will help the student to break free of the fears or stumbling blocks that are frequently encountered when beginning a project or trying a new technique. There will be some discussion about using “precious materials”, working intuitively, trusting the creative voice within, and following that voice to a satisfying finished work of art.

Take a break for lunch, and then come back to the table ready to complete your masterpiece with a protective layer of encaustic wax. Demonstrations will include basic application, the use of stencils, photo transfers, applying color, adding objects, and displaying the finished work.

The students should leave the workshop with at least one completed work of art and the knowledge to apply these techniques to other projects. Supplies will be provided but the student may wish to bring papers and collage items from home for a more personal experience.

Class fees: $120 includes all materials

BIO
Crystal Neubauer is a Mixed Media Collage Artist drawn to the broken, cast out, and overlooked items of the past. She sees beauty in the mundane, brings new life to forgotten objects, and finds the process of salvaging old materials and creating new art to be therapeutic and healing.

Working in total silence, she describes the process as worship; her abstract collages an unspoken “heavenly language”. In an intuitive process, Crystal has taught herself to tune in, to be present in the moment, allowing her thoughts and feelings to be expressed visually. She sees viewers of her work respond on a visceral level and is deeply moved to be a conduit for releasing such personal emotions.