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| Encaustic Piece by: Bridget Benton Been curious about Encaustic??? We have a wonderful all-day encaustic workshop scheduled in our Alberta St store's classroom this Saturday May 31st. |
Encaustic Intensive -- All About Layers -- Saturday, May 31st
In this beginner-friendly workshop, we'll learn all about painting and collage with wax. We'll start at the bottom -- and learn a variety of ways to develop interest in your painting before you even apply the wax: paper, stenciled texture, and mark-making with wax-friendly media. We'll build up layers, exploring different ways to create depth and make all the layers work together. Been running into challenges working at home? The instructor will be available to answer questions and help trouble-shoot.
Time: 11am - 5pm
Instructor: Bridget Benton
Cost: $90 + $20 supply fee
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We've started a wonderful monthly workshop in our Alberta St Store's classroom: Mixed-Media Playground with local artist Bridget Benton.
This month's focus is Shape And Stencil!
This month's focus is Shape And Stencil!
Call us at 503-249-2190 to register.
Check HERE for a list of all of our upcoming classes and workshops!
Mixed Media Playground: Shape + Stencil -- Sunday, May 25th
Join us once a month as we explore different mixed media art materials and techniques. This month's theme is: Shape and Stencil -- no drawing skills required. If you have favorite brushes, stencils, papers, punches, or acrylics, bring them to play with!
Time: 11am - 3pm
Instructor: Bridget Benton
Cost: $50, all supplies included
We recently had a customer let us in on the special project that is True Portland: the unofficial guide for creative people.
Created and maintained by a group of Japanese friends, the book serves as a guide to everything creative in Portland. From sustainable restaurants & farmer's markets, to local coffee places, creative spaces, micro-breweries and small publishing houses. Its beautifully designed, filled with amazing photographs and is available for purchase through their site!
Created and maintained by a group of Japanese friends, the book serves as a guide to everything creative in Portland. From sustainable restaurants & farmer's markets, to local coffee places, creative spaces, micro-breweries and small publishing houses. Its beautifully designed, filled with amazing photographs and is available for purchase through their site!
They also run a Facebook page under the same name. We were lucky enough to appear as a place of interest and one of our calligraphy classes was reviewed on their Facebook page! We're happy to be included and want to share our next calligraphy workshop coming up:
Uncial and Lombardic Calligraphy Workshop
Sunday, May 18th from 10am-5pm
$45, all supplies included
*Alberta location*
This workshop focuses on two styles of calligraphy
which were often used together in early book
transcription: Uncial: a common calligraphy of the
fifth century and Lombardic: which is still used
in monogramming today. Students will leave
with the beginning designs for a final project.
We're excited to be a sponsor of Crafty Wonderland again this spring! We'll be attending with our FREE DIY table of fantastic craft projects, as well as our booth filled to the brim with goodies from our shop. Our free activities for the day are listed below:
Washi Tape + Stamped Cards
11 am - 12:45 pm
11 am - 12:45 pm
Stamped Mini Muslin Bags
1 pm - 2:45 pm
Stamped Wooden Pendants
3 pm - 4:45 pm
There will also be other fun sponsors such as SCRAP, Birds and Bees Nursery, and CAT Adoption Team! We're hoping to see you there!
This Saturday, May 10th, join us for one of our favorite classes, Representational Collage, at our Alberta location. This month, we're focusing on butterflies. Class is from 2-5pm, $40 for all supplies included. Students need to bring an 8x10 image of a butterfly to work from. Instructor, Susan Schenk has perfected the art of painting with paper. We're proud to boast about her being featured in the magazine Cloth, Paper, Scissors on more than one occasion!
“Representational collage invites you to see beyond the apparent. From a distance, these collages appear to be paintings, but up close you see a complicated jumble of separate parts. Appealing when viewed from afar, these collages are surprising when inspected more intimately. Using discarded materials as “paint” fosters the idea of finding beauty in the overlooked. Discover line, color, and form hidden in what others toss away.” --Susan Schenk
Here she was featured in the Jan/Feb 2014 issue all about her technique.
“Representational collage invites you to see beyond the apparent. From a distance, these collages appear to be paintings, but up close you see a complicated jumble of separate parts. Appealing when viewed from afar, these collages are surprising when inspected more intimately. Using discarded materials as “paint” fosters the idea of finding beauty in the overlooked. Discover line, color, and form hidden in what others toss away.” --Susan Schenk
Representational Collage: Butterflies
Saturday, May 10th 2-5pm
$40, all supplies included
Please bring 8x10 image of butterfly
Alberta location
Give us a call: 503-249-2190 or stop by the store to sign up!
We love parcel tags! Included in our new batch are metallic tags, chalkboard tags, and soft hemp paper tags.
We've been getting TONS of new 12x12 papers along with wrapping sheets and decorative tape. Oh, the possibilities!
Great creative projects for kids, too! Including flower pots, fairies, and gnomes.
New Image Transfer book by Courtney Cerruti, who is coming to teach with us May 17th! All about techniques including washi tape and mixed media.
Spring themed stamps galore!
10 year anniversary, Anna Joyce, Ashley Goldberg, Christine Schmidt, yellow owl workshop
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We are so thankful for you, our AWESOME customers!
and WOW! What a day you gave us on Saturday,
thank you for coming out and helping us celebrate our anniversary.
You have made our first 10 years truly wonderful.
We are filled with gratitude.
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| Anna Joyce |
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| Ashley Goldberg |
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| Christine Schmidt |
We would like to give special thanks to Anna from Anna Joyce Design, Ashley Goldberg from AHA Arts, and Christine Schmidt from Yellow Owl Workshop--our awesome demonstrators!
We made 100's of free make and takes, gave away over 100 raffle prizes,
and consumed 80 dozen donut holes from Tonalli's!
Truly a successful day! :)
We thank you all for supporting us and patronizing collage over these last 10 years.
Cheers to all of you and here's to many more years!
