The Wonder of Patinas
$55
Tess Sinclair
Student Level: All levels
What do potato chips and vinegar have to do with Patinas? EVERYTHING! Do you love the variety of metals and patinas you see in mixed media, collage and book arts? Enjoy this workshop and leave empowered with an understanding of techniques and materials; be ready to breathe new life into your work! The teacher will provide metal, metal mesh, precious metal foil, mica and all solutions for your workshop projects.
Using some common kitchen ingredients and lots of patina solutions and techniques, you will create a journal filled with recipes to add a rich patina to paper, copper and brass. The teacher will provide you with complete instructions on labels you can simply stick into your journal. You can focus on creating your own sample to adhere to the page with the instructions on it resulting in your own patina reference guide. Your work will be transformed! Care for a chip?
The teacher always has a surprise or two up her sleeve!! Be on the look out for yours!
Materials fee of $20 payable to instructor at class time includes
Goody Bags
2 glue handouts
Resource list
Technique booklet
Glass slides
Eyelash brushes
Washers copper, brass (grommets), steel
Screens
Emery boards
1" copper tape
Silver tape
Brass tape
Copper tape thin
Muffler tape
Copper squares
Brass squares
Copper mesh squares
Brass mesh squares
Tin squares
A surprise or two from the teacher who scrounges all year for treasures to delight her students!
Instructor also provides for the students use:
All tools, all papers, all metals, all metal meshes, all metal tapes
Working Samples of:
Beeswax
Damar Resin
Ammonia
Bleach
Distilled vinegar
Pine Shavings
Vinegar Potato Chips
Gauze squares
Tin flashing squares
Rusting object
Liver of sulphur
Jax Brown
Jax Green
Grobet Silver Black
Sophisticated iron surfacer
Sophisticated copper
Sophisticated blue
Sophisticated rust
Sophisticated green
Master magic
Patina Blue
Patina Green
Copper Surfacer
Crackle paint and varnish
Crackle paint prepped surface
Amber shellac
Gloss medium
Burnt umber
Quinacridone Gold
Brush cleaner
Foam brushes
Antiquing Solution
Water containers
Dried natural material, i.e., leaves
Transparencies copies of tintypes
StazOn stamp pad
Rubber stamps
Rubber gloves
Spray Adhesive
Spray varnish
Cardboard Box
Xyron machine and refill
Piece of rusted metal
Titan Buff
Disposable gloves
Supply List:
Old Clothes
X-acto knife
Glue Sticks
Pen or Pencil
3 Plastic container (1/4 liter with lid)
Plastic Tweezers
Eye Protection
Scissors
Questions? Email Tess at hopilight@aol.com
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