Artful Wall $130

Traci Bautista

Collage Unleashed...creating with no fear, an edgy style and many layers, in this fast-paced workshop you will create a wall of inspiration with fusion-dyed collages, mixed media art quilts layered with dyed and painted papers and cloth accented with funky stitched designs and words.  Learn a plethora of my collage, painting, lettering, doodling and freestyle stitching techniques to create an artful wall hanging connected with wire, beads and metal tags. Look for my upcoming book, Collage Unleashed, due out May 2006! 

Kit fee of $15 payable to instructor at class time includes fabric, hot press watercolor paper, 12x18 heavy drawing paper, card stock, rice paper, lace papers, tissue paper, newsprint, deli paper, napkins, cheese cloth, muslin, fabric pieces, embellishment starter kit, symbol/collage images, watercolor paints and metallic inks, sumi ink, Ultra Markers, misc. pens, mark making tools, glazes, stencils, hand carved stamps, freezer paper.

Supply list:
Acrylic paint & inks in your favorite colors
Scissors
Brushes - 2” flat brush, 1” foam brush
eyelet punch & setter
craft hammer and mat
Plastic paint scraper
Brayer
Elmer's Glue
16oz. Golden regular gel medium glossy
22 gauge metal wire
beads
2-ply paper towels
Beads and embellishments
Needle nose pliers
sewing needle
waxed linen
Water container
painting smock
sewing machine

Optional:
Adjective bank - brainstorm a list of words, quotes, and phrases 

Optional supplies to enhance your project:
Images - black & white Xerox copies of photos, writing, journal pages and personal images
Large patterns, symbols & letters work best. Tip: enlarge images on the Xerox copy machine to blow up into backgrounds for collage. I will provide plenty to use. Additional STUFF to personalize your book
unmounted deeply etched stamps (I will have plenty to share)
Heat gun if you have one 

Contact Traci with questions at traci@treicdesigns.com Website: www.treicdesigns.com © Copyright 2005 Traci Bautista