Piece a day June 29th

Some friends and I are doing "piece a day" for at least 2 weeks...I think I will try a month at least....to create, photograph, and post a piece of new artwork a day...hopefully created on or near that day! this is a challenge for me, as I usually work in diptych or triptych form...here is my attempt for the day. This is encaustics and encaustic medium over a recycled paper bag. The bag already had this fantastic black print on it....tune in tomorrow to see the suprise which is going in the middle! Although I really loved this flowy composition, it seemed too decorative, and needed a focal point...

beeswax mask collaboration

After reading "Plan bee" by Susan Brackney, http://www.planbeebook.com/ I decided to make some beeswax death masks of my face. I ordered some algenate from the artmolds company http://www.artmolds.com/

John helped me make some molds of my face that I filled with beeswax. The masks were placed into a beehive the second week in June...things are progressing nicely!

MAEA : Michigan Art Education Association : Summer Professional Development Institute

MAEA : Michigan Art Education Association : Summer Professional Development Institute

Folk School Workshops

Folk School Workshops: "Time: Friday, July 24 from 5:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Cost: $35 plus $10 for materials
Minimum of 5 students
Come and discover the sweetness and luminosity of working with the ancient and contemporary art of encaustics (pigmented beeswax) and beeswax collage! Participants will learn about the history of the medium and the honeybees that help create it. We will create several small-scale works in experimental encaustics, Xerox transfer, and mixed media collage. No experience required, just a sense of adventure! Check out the blog www.melissa-hronkin.blogspot.com for Melissa's work and links to encaustic"

http://www.montserratencausticconference.blogspot.com/

upcoming workshops

The summer is ahead and I invite you to any or all of the following events that I am involved in:

June 5-7th in Beverly MA: Third Encaustic Conference

June 30th: Apiary Visit at our beeyard: Algomah Acres Honey Farm 9:30-11:30 am

July 24th: 5-9 pm: Porkies Folk School.

August 2-7th: Western MI Univ.

Love to all!

from my studio mess....this quote is from Ralph Waldo Emerson. My next solo show is a year away, but I must get busy...collaborate with the bees this summer.