Exploring Encaustic Mono-type & the Mark

A SUPER FAST, SUPER FUN, IN-PERSON HOT WAX EXPERIENCE

The aim of art is not represent the outward appearance of things,

but their inward significance.

—Aristotle

September 25-26, 2025
10am-4pm each day
Lisa Kelly Studio, Glenside, Pennsylvania

$400 per person
Includes all materials

Limited to 10 Participants

During the Covid lockdowns, I found my self so overwhelmed, I was paralyzed and couldn’t make anything in the studio. I had always wished for a time to have nothing to do but work in the studio and when that time finally came, I couldn’t do anything! It was almost by accident that I began making encaustic mono-types on my griddle as I was cleaning one day. Just melt some color on the griddle, put a piece of paper down and pick up the color. The spontaneity and simplicity of the process and the uncontrolled randomness of the result kicked my creative juices into gear. I was hooked and was no sooner sitting griddle-side with a stack of papers, creating hundreds of mono-types daily. When combining this process with mark-making techniques, mixed media and collage, the possibilities are endless.

This workshop explores the immediacy and process-diverse technique of encaustic mono-printing. Through journaling, personal mapping and expressive mark-making exercises, we will access layers of the self, providing the inspiration to develop ideas and areas of focus for series-based work on paper. In combination with encaustic mono-type, participants will experiment with a wide variety of papers, materials and mark-making processes, such as Suminagashi, powdered graphite/charcoal, graphite bars, stencils and stitch. The conceptual use of translucency and layers is further explored through collage and a brief slide talk for inspiration.

**All encaustic supplies are included, however, you might like to bring your own collage materials and/or some of the optional supplies for more personal expression.

Email Lorraine to Register

Workshop Information

- Soy wax for cleaning
- Heated encaustic tools
- Extra drawing paper
- Parchment paper
- Encaustic paint
- Pressed botanicals
- Copies for photo transfer
- Mark-making tools
- Limited Collage materials
- Limited paint sticks
- Tracing paper
- Cups for paint & medium
- Limited watercolor inks
- Encaustic medium
- Griddles/heated palettes
- Cords/power strips
- Mono-printing papers
- Watercolor brushes
- Stencils
- Please see the optional supplies list for a more expressive personal experience.
- Please bring your own lunch, drinks and snacks.
- All supplies are included, the following list is optional for those who would like a more personal creative experience.
- Any tool or material for any technique that you normally employ while working with encaustic.
- Basic encaustic colors will be provided, however, if you prefer certain colors, please bring them.
- Decorative stencils, mesh, doilies, etc-anything flat with open areas that can be used as a stencil.
- Found objects for dipping in ink for mark-making
- Pressed flowers or botanicals
- Images, photographs, thin papers, threads for collage
- Stencils
4 Ways to Register
1.*PREFERRED* Venmo: Send $400 to @Lorraine-Glessner (7027 phone digits) **Please send me your email!!! Venmo does NOT include an email with receipt!
2. Paypal: Send $415 to lorraineglessnerstudio@gmail.com
3. Check: Email lorraineglessnerstudio@gmail.com for mailing address (check must be received at least 5 days before start date)
4. *PREFERRED * Zelle: Send $400 to lorraineglessnerstudio@gmail.com
In the event that you need to cancel your workshop, please notify Lorraine via email.
Cancelations made 30 days or more from the workshop start date will be refunded their deposit (minus $50 processing fee).
Cancelations made 30 days or less from the workshop start date will be refunded their deposit (minus $50 processing fee) only if the space can be filled. If the space cannot be filled, no refund will be issued.