ARTU 05 Mixed Media Mosaic Icons

MIXED MEDIA MOSAIC ICONS

Price: This Workshop Filled

Laurie Mika

In this 6 hour class taught over two evenings, students will learn how to make their own individual tiles out of polymer clay which will then be used to create mosaic Icons. Students will be taught with demos and a hands-on approach the various steps from rolling out the clay to glazing the final product. Upon completion of creating their own unique hand-painted and stamped tiles, students will then combine their tiles with a variety of embellishments and collected objects to create their own personal Icons. I will also provide a variety of handmade tiles that students can use in addition to their own tiles. The student's final piece will be a contemporary but Byzantine-looking Icon, made on a piece of masonite which can be either hung on the wall or displayed on a plate stand or easel.

$10.00 kit fee is payable to instructor at class time which will help cover the cost of all of the tiles provided and many of the supplies including acrylic paint, spray paint, powders, and varathane.

Supply List :

1 8"x10" piece of ¼" or ½" plywood or masonite for the base (if you wish to hang your icon, attach a hanger to back side of wood/masonite)
1 small package of white Premo
1 small package of black Premo
Acrylic rolling rod (or PVC pipe works too)
Clay blade
Small tube or bottle of Weldbond or E6000 or Goop (Weldbond is the best but harder to find - Ace Hardware)
3 different sized paint brushes including a fine detail brush
Personal embellishments/ephemera like jewelry parts, beads, charms, milagros, photos and collage items (see photos of Icons for ideas)
Glass/ceramic mosaic tiles to fill in empty spaces on your icon

Teacher Supply List:

Baked tiles
Knives for scoring clay
Pearl-ex powders
Acrylic paint with supplies for mixing
Rubber stamps
Flecto Varathane
Foam brushes
Spray paint
Mastic
Wax paper
Paper towels
Tesserae (glass mosaic tiles)
Seed beads
Toaster Oven

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