DYEING TO RUST WITH PAM NICHOLS
June 28-30, 2024
Port Orchard, WA
Pam Nichols is returning stateside and will teach a Dyeing to Rust class with Kathie Vezzani. The two are rust queens that love to share their rust collections and knowledge to create beautiful papers and fabrics for your artistic creations. Encaustic painting will be the focus of this workshop.
Itinerary
Day One: Friday, June 28
9:00 We will meet for introductions and we will go through the schedule. Pam will give a demonstration on how to create a “lasagna” of rusty gold. Then you will be set free to start making your rusty papers.
We will stop for lunch around 12:30, then return to prep boards and more demonstrations.
The day will end around 4:00
Day Two: Saturday, June 29
9:00 We will start with what is our favorite part of the workshop - the unveiling. Here’s where you get to see what you created. While your papers are drying, you have time to set up another round of rusting. Once dry, you can begin to use your papers in your encaustic paintings.
We will stop for lunch, then continue creating until 4:30 when we will break for appetizers and dinner.
Day Three: Sunday, June 30
9:00 We will finish rusting papers and your paintings, adding rusty bits if you so desire.
We will break for lunch around noon, then back in the workshop to finish up. Around 3:00, we will start cleaning up and then we will share our work.
THIS ESCAPE INCLUDES
Three days of instruction by Pam Nichols and Kathie Vezzani
Use of metal collection
One 12” x 12” cradled board
Hot plates
Butane gas for torches
Nitrile Gloves
Chip brushes
Encaustic medium and some encaustic paint
One dinner, three lunches
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The price for this workshop is $700 and does not include lodging or transportation. A $500 non-refundable fee is due upon registration. The remaining $200 is due April 15, 2024.
Port Orchard is the site for the workshop. The location is 9 miles north of Gig Harbor, WA which is listed as one of the most desirable cities in the US to visit (or live). It is located south of Seattle, across the Narrows Bridge on Hwy 16.
The Bremerton-Kitsap Airporter stops in Gig Harbor and in Port Orchard.
There are many Arbnbs and B&Bs in the area. A list of accommodations will be provided if requested.
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STUDENT SUPPLY LIST
Bring encaustic paint - 3 or 4 of your favorite colors in tins with brushes,
1 or 2 Hake 1.5" or 2" brushesYour favorite tools
Apron
Rusty Items (if you desire) to use for rusting or assemblage - I have a lot
Natural papers such as silk tissue paper, mulberry paper, rice papers or cotton papers. Thinner paper works best in incorporating into the encaustic paint.
Butane torch head such as Iwatani (we have some to share)
Two 10 x 10 gessoed panels 1 1/2 deep or encaustic boards
One 12 x 12 gessoed panels 1 1/2 deep or encaustic boards
Any other materials you like to work with for mark making, etc.
Box of waxed paper
Pam and Kathie
Pam Nichols is an artist now living in Perth, Australia. While living in Portland, OR, she was a gallery artist with a thriving practice. Now, she is forever searching for rusty fodder in Australia since she was unable to take it with her. Kathie was the lucky recipient of a lot of her rust and blames Pam for her rust fetish. Picking rust at Swift & McCormick is their favorite activity to do together when they are not golfing.
Kathie Vezzani is a mixed media artist who loves anything rusty. She rusts, paints and uses encaustic and cold wax in her practice. She also creates mixed media sculptures. She creates workshops for other artists in her spare time.