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Encaustic Art Teacher's Convention 2001 gets under way
Oswaldtwistle Encaustic Art Teacher's Convention 2001
April 6th(evening), 7th & 8th 2001 - Accrington - just North of Manchester

A great 2 days of discussion , demonstration,
exploration, practise and social interaction
was the outcome of this first UK Convention
of the Encaustic Art Teaching Network
Don't forget to visit the virtual exhibition
...the venue for the convention is here near Accrington. Thanks to...
James Hargreaves of
Ingrid's Handicrafts
for hosting this
interesting and
successful event.		 James Hargreaves of Ingrid's Handicrafts - he motivated and hosted this event

John Buckland
Demonstrating
Creative Hotplate
featured Artist
Advanced Courses

John Buckland arrives to set up fo his excellent demonstrations John starts work and everyone is intensly absorbed
Iron and hotplate combined tissue over hotplate landscape ...it's all so interesting
Hot air applied to a heated undercard - hot stuff! John's developed these hot tissue rubbing techniques into a fine art ..and so it went on for most of 2 days - excellent show John.

 

Sue Tyldesley
Demonstrating

Blown Wax Effects
using a Hairdryer

 Sue gets down to work , enthusiastically explaining her blown wax approaches An example of Sue Tyldesley's blown flowers
...final advice then it's time to start ...and add foliage to the blown forms ..using the iron's edge
...until it is finished Blown work on small boxes ...sealed to prevent the wax scratching off

 

Michael Bossom (featured artist) also demonstrated
a variety of ideas, materials and techniques but he
also took all the pictures so never got in front of
the camera this time round.
..he runs Encaustic Art Teaching Network Courses

 

....so time to get into
some action....

 ...The work area is in an open public space .. but everyone is too busy to notice the surroundings
..and there are hot tools, wax and hands everywhere hot air, hot plates, hot irons, hot stuff! and finally it was time to leave
..now take a look at the accompanying encaustic art exhibition
Arts Encaustic Ltd, Glogue, Pembrokeshire SA36 0ED UK
  Tel: +44 (0)1239 831401               info@encaustic.com