EncaustiCamp preview! patricia baldwin seggebruch

I feel like I need to start this blog with a big, 'it's just me!'
It's just me:

It's just me.
Having fun.
Fitting into this thing called life.
Playing with my passions and making them work!
Stitching up torn edges and frayed seams.
Daring to stand on the edge: and take the leap.
Committed to staying in my committments.
It's just me.
A lucky, lucky, LUCKY girl humbled by the fact that others want to come have fun; figure out this life; play; stitch; dare; commit; alongside me.
It's just me. Come on! Let's do it~
Foundations in Encaustic: EncaustiCamp 2011
Everything deliciously 'no way' becomes 'why not' and ends up here as a 'look at what we can do!' Join me to indulge and explore. From plaster to tar; wood icing to panpastel; propane torch to shellac...yes, it's all that good :)
in love. trish
Join Trish and five other instructors and six passionate assistants this summer at EncaustiCamp 2011. Three days and four nights of all things beeswaxy and beautiful~July 13-July 17. www.encausticamp.com

EncaustiCamp preview: Michelle Belto

All Roads Lead to Forever18”X18”
Encaustic, Tar, Torch on Handmade Paper

When I got married, I didn’t know the first thing about cooking. Unfortunately, my new husband liked to eat…and eat often! Thinking that it would be something easy, he informed me that his favorite side dish was mashed potatoes and that “it would go with everything.” What he didn’t realize was that even the lowly mashed potato was beyond the level of my expertise. I remember calling up my mom with a raw potato in my hand and asking the question: How do you get from here to there?

I often get asked that question about my work. How did you get there? For those who will be attending the first ever Encausticamp just outside of Salem, Oregon this summer, you will get there yourself! Beating cotton and rag into a giant slushy pulp and then reforming it into something wonderful is addicting. What’s more making your own supports will open the door to endless new ways to explore mixed media work, sculpture, and, of course, encaustic painting.

Here is a visual overview of the process that you will learn when you come to camp:

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Participants will first learn how to make pulp from ordinary recycled materials. We will use the pulp in a pour-mold (1) which will allow us to add cool things like glitter and cut up newspaper or embed threads or botanicals. Our form, created from foam core and other materials, will be embedded in the pulp. This will make the support stable enough to take the wax. (2)The next step is to remove the water by pressing. One of my students is hand-pressing the pulp. See she is smiling! It is fun! (3) The final step is to allow the form to dry…and voila! You have just created your one-of-a-kind support.
Join Michelle and five other instructors and six passionate assistants this summer at EncaustiCamp 2011. Three days and four nights of all things beeswaxy and beautiful~July 13-July 17. www.encausticamp.com

Mind your own beeswax!

No offense intended! Minding your own beeswax, as I turn the phrase here, speaks to the luscious, melty goodness of encaustic painting. Mind it! Get at it! Check it out! Pick it up for yourself~
EncaustiCamp is coming together to be the place, the venue, for all things encaustic through mixed media indulgence, awesome fellowship with other beeswaxy aficionados and to invest in truly letting loose and seeing where all things arty can really be pushed. Come delight in the opportunity. Come invest in taking yourself to the next level. Come; make the choice to grow your art! You will be inspired~
in love. trish

EncaustiCamp 2011

'Sixty four percent of Americans want to make more things themselves. There's a huge opportunity in providing the tools and materials to do just that.'
This quote, serendipitously clipped and tacked to the board above my desk several months ago, speaks to all that I believe, and have believed, for myself for as long as I can remember: To create what I 'want' myself.
My first big sewing project was my eighth grade dance dress. In high school a friend and I saw a great twig reindeer at a craft show and went home to make several ourselves. In college, needing Christmas gifts but having no means to buy things for my family, I collected pine cones from the local park, glued them to a cardboard frame, sprayed them with glitter and offered up holiday wreathes.
As a new mom I saw some adorable kids clothing, way out of my price range, as I began my journey as a stay-at-home mom so many years ago, and found my way around recreating a version of my own. Even as money became less of an obstacle, I made the boys' teachers holiday gifts of polymer ornaments and shrink plastic icicles (sigh).
So it comes as no surprise to find myself not only wanting that same ability to befall everyone else, but to come boldly forward in my course through creativity to offer up an avenue for them to find just that! First through EncaustiKits,
the line of inclusive craft kits bringing all things encaustic and mixed media to the craft world and now through Encausticamp-the place to come for immersion in all things encaustic! This retreat opportunity, being offered to experienced as well as novice encaustic aficionados, is being held July 13-17, 2011 on the outskirts of Salem, Oregon on a serene boarding school campus.
Just one hour from the Oregon coast, and the same distance to Portland, EncaustiCamp will run from Wednesday evening with check-in and an all-group demonstration and welcome gathering, through three days of workshops and three more evenings of encaustic indulgence with a vending night full of encaustic supplies, a break out pajama-talk in which instructors will open up about their encaustic art experiences and welcome questions and answers, and a final show and tell all-camp closing party.
Mixed media and experimentation have always been my passion and bringing this together with encaustic is a 'dream I didn't fully realize I had' come true :)
This post makes official the launch of the site and opening of registration to all~come take a peek; email questions, call with comments, but above all, jump in with both feet, come boldly to your own creativity and indulge in this opportunity to embrace creating all that makes your heart sing, yourself. It's that good :)
in love. trish

We are here.

I am honored, blessed and excited to announce to you that EncaustiCamp descriptions are posted to the site and we are fully functioning and 'live'! Register today and save your spot for this amazing, refreshing and enliving opportunity to indulge in all things encaustic and take your creativity and spirit to an all new level. in love. trish

Come~

We've just had the great joy of adding Tonia Davenport (www.toniadavenport.typepad.com) to the lineup for EncaustiCamp 2011. She will be joining us as an assistant; this rounds out our need for workshop assistants and I am overjoyed to have her on board! With just one more instructor to confirm, we are well on our way to fully staffed~and with anticipation, I hope to have this element resolved by the end of the month. (see side bar for the full lineup and blog links thus far)
In the meantime, early registration is open through pbsartist@aol.com only. Visit the site (www.encausticamp.com), check out the information as it is so far, and if you know you are in and want to secure your spot, send Patricia an email. You will be able to submit your 'first choice' options for workshops as first in line registers as soon as descriptions and final instructor go live in December. If questions about fees, payment methods or lodging options arise, please inquire so that I can clarify and give you the best I can give!
thank you for joining us. It is going to be big~ in love. trish

We're coming!

Still under development but tune in and follow!
Details thus far:
Registration opening in December~
three days, four nights of encaustic indulgence!
6 instructors
150 participant spots!
3 full days of workshops
intro demo and discussion night
vendor night
instructor give and get night
closing art show, barbeque and celebration!
1 hour from Portland, 1 hour to the Oregon coast
onsite lodging as well as block of rooms reserved at nearby hotel
lunch and dinner part of package
all encaustic materials (wax, tools and hardware) provided!

SLATED FOR WEDNESDAY JULY 13TH, EVENING REGISTRATION AND KICK-OFF, THROUGH SUNDAY JULY 17TH MORNING DEPARTURE~
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT PBSARTIST@AOL.COM